NVIDIA GeForce 7000M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7000M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7000M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 239 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 28 July 2005
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	239 vs 235

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

425x more core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 1 MHz
11.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 13

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 1 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 13

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

239

235

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7000M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	13	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	239	235

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7000M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Code name	C67	NV41
Launch date	1 February 2006	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	727	729
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Architecture		Curie
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	350 MHz
Core clock speed	1 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2
Texture fill rate		5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		83 Watt
Transistor count		222 million
API support
DirectX	shared Memory	9.0c
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin