NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • Around 86% higher texture fill rate: 6.7 billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
  • 6.1x better floating-point performance: 215.04 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 34 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 519 vs 173
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 66
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2010 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed 1120 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.7 billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 16
Floating-point performance 215.04 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 34 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 519 vs 173
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 vs 66

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1230 vs 690
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1230 vs 690
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1230 vs 690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1230 vs 690

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
173
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
171
66
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
690
1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
690
1230
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
PassMark - G3D Mark 519 173
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 66
Geekbench - OpenCL 1872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 172.058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 690 1230
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 690 1230

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G96
Launch date 3 September 2010 30 March 2009
Place in performance rating 1570 1572
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Price now $72.50
Value for money (0-100) 2.68

Technical info

Core clock speed 1120 MHz 450 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 215.04 gflops 35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 96 16
Texture fill rate 6.7 billion / sec 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 34 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus