NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1210 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 80 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1860 vs 882
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1860 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 22 May 2006
Core clock speed	1210 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1860 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1860 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 260 vs 213
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	260 vs 213
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 vs 49

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

213

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860

882

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
PassMark - G3D Mark	213	260
PassMark - G2D Mark	49	81
Geekbench - OpenCL	6433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1860	882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1860	882

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT216	G71
Launch date	15 June 2009	22 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1563	1566
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Price now		$129.98
Value for money (0-100)		2.07
Technical info
Core clock speed	1210 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops
Gigaflops	174
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		173 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1320 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0