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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1701

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1701

882

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
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
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	G71
Launch date	1 June 2007	22 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1557	1558
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Price now		$129.98
Value for money (0-100)		2.07
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		173 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
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
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0