NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M 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 370M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
8.7x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 64 vs 8
8.6x better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 376 vs 93

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 8
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	376 vs 93

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 75 Watt
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 334 vs 87

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	334 vs 87

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

376

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

334

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M
PassMark - G3D Mark	376	93
PassMark - G2D Mark	87	334
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G98
Launch date	21 August 2008	15 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1339	486
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	22.4 gflops
Gigaflops	240
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64	8
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD