NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 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 3700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 78 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 408 vs 372
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 113 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 8 January 2008
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 78 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	408 vs 372
PassMark - G2D Mark	113 vs 81

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 112 vs 96
Around 17% better floating-point performance: 280 gflops vs 240 gflops
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 3123
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 3123

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 96
Floating-point performance	280 gflops vs 240 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285 vs 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285 vs 3123

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

372

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3285

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
PassMark - G3D Mark	408	372
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	3285
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G92
Launch date	7 January 2010	8 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1324	1327
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Price now		$99.02
Value for money (0-100)		8.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	280 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	112
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	78 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 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