NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G and NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M 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 9500M G

NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 56% better floating-point performance: 40 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 122 vs 87

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	40 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	122 vs 87

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 20 Watt
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 308 vs 172

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 20 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	308 vs 172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

308

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
PassMark - G3D Mark	122	87
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1027
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1027

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96	G86
Launch date	3 June 2008	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	984	985
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	40 gflops	25.6 gflops
Gigaflops	60
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0
PowerMizer 7.0