NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Around 83% higher texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
Around 83% better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 456 vs 376
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 87
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3315 vs 3076
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3315 vs 3076

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 64
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	456 vs 376
PassMark - G2D Mark	88 vs 87
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3315 vs 3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3315 vs 3076

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

376

456

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3076

3315

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3076

3315

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	376	456
PassMark - G2D Mark	87	88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3076	3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3076	3315

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G92
Launch date	21 August 2008	14 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1331	1297
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$925
Price now		$925
Value for money (0-100)		1.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	352.0 gflops
Gigaflops	240
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64	128
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
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	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD
PowerMizer 8.0