NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 84% higher boost clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 575 MHz
9.3x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 13.8 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 1536 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2048 MB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
18.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 306
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 531 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2048 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590 vs 306
PassMark - G2D Mark	531 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 195 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 195 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5590

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

531

309

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590	306
PassMark - G2D Mark	531	309
Geekbench - OpenCL	18376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3306
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2004

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	G71
Launch date	22 March 2012	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$99.99
Place in performance rating	544	545
Price now	$579.99	$99.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	12.83	3.97
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz	575 MHz
Core clock speed	1006 MHz	575 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536	24
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	195 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-III
Length	10.0" (25.4 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2048 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA