NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 39% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 450 MHz
- Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
- 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 80 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
- Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1320 MHz
- Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1701 vs 882
- Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1701 vs 882
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 June 2007 vs 22 May 2006 |
Core clock speed | 625 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 10 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt vs 80 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1320 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1701 vs 882 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1701 vs 882 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 260 vs 124
- Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 57
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 260 vs 124 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 81 vs 57 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 124 | 260 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 57 | 81 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1701 | 882 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1701 | 882 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
Code name | G84 | G71 |
Launch date | 1 June 2007 | 22 May 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 1556 | 1557 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,599 | |
Price now | $129.98 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.07 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 450 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 80 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 32 | |
Texture fill rate | 10 GTexel / s | 9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt | 80 Watt |
Transistor count | 289 million | 278 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-HE | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Length | 173 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | 42.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1320 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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PowerMizer 7.0 |