NVIDIA GeForce 920M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 73% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 717 vs 456
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 118 vs 88
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3315
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3315
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 14 August 2008
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 717 vs 456
PassMark - G2D Mark 118 vs 88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3315

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Texture fill rate 35.2 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 352.0 gflops vs 297.6 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
717
456
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
118
88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3315
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
PassMark - G3D Mark 717 456
PassMark - G2D Mark 118 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 3726
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3315
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Tesla
Code name GK208B G92
Launch date 13 March 2015 14 August 2008
Place in performance rating 1304 1301
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $925
Price now $925
Value for money (0-100) 1.12

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 128
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-HE
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
PowerMizer 8.0