NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 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 1800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
Around 36% better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 176 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 59 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 768 MB
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 69 vs 58
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3123 vs 2917
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3123 vs 2917

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 64
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 59 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	69 vs 58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123 vs 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123 vs 2917

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 397 vs 381

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	397 vs 381

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

397

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

2917

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

2917

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	397
PassMark - G2D Mark	69	58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	2917
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G94
Launch date	7 January 2010	30 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1425	1427
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$489
Price now		$186.29
Value for money (0-100)		4.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	176 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	64
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	59 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI