NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Around 34% better floating-point performance: 470.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 81
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 494 vs 452

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 January 2009 vs 14 August 2008
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	83 vs 81
PassMark - G3D Mark	494 vs 452

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 141 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 141 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3315 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3315 vs 3309

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

3315

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

3315

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

452

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.412
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309	3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309	3315
PassMark - G2D Mark	83	81
PassMark - G3D Mark	494	452

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92B	G92
Launch date	16 January 2009	14 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$925
Place in performance rating	1314	1316
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$925
Value for money (0-100)		1.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	128
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	141 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
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