NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 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 9800M GT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 78 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 372

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 8 January 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 78 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 372

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 112 vs 96
Around 17% better floating-point performance: 280 gflops vs 240 gflops
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 3237
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 3237

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 96
Floating-point performance	280 gflops vs 240 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285 vs 3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285 vs 3237

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

372

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3237

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3237

3285

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	372
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3237	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3237	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G92
Launch date	29 July 2008	8 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1325	1327
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Price now		$99.02
Value for money (0-100)		8.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	280 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	112
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	78 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
PureVideo HD