NVIDIA GeForce 920MX vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920MX and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 965 MHz vs 400 MHz
8.8x more texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 850 MHz
15.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1068 vs 69

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 March 2016 vs 22 July 2003
Core clock speed	965 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 850 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1068 vs 69

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 178 vs 150

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	178 vs 150

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1068

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

178

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1068	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	150	178
Geekbench - OpenCL	3954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	385

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rankine
Code name	GM108	NV35
Launch date	25 March 2016	22 July 2003
Place in performance rating	1001	1000
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$203
Price now		$166.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	965 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	602.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	256
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt
Transistor count		135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers