NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 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 3800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 108 Watt
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 85 vs 47

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	85 vs 47

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

2.4x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
Around 93% better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 240 gflops
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 823 vs 389
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3258 vs 3123
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3258 vs 3123
Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13337 vs 8210

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 240 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	823 vs 389
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258 vs 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258 vs 3123
Geekbench - OpenCL	13337 vs 8210

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

389

823

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3258

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8210

13337

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark	389	823
PassMark - G2D Mark	85	47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	3258
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210	13337

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT215	GT200B
Launch date	7 January 2010	30 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1373	1374
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	462.3 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	192
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	108 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	1,400 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		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
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