NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
3x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 231

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 32
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 231

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 89 vs 69

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	89 vs 69

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	231
PassMark - G2D Mark	69	89
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G84
Launch date	7 January 2010	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1412	1414
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$149.90
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	80 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	96	32
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-HE
Laptop size	large	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI