NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 936 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 37.44 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
26.7x more pipelines: 640 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: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1050 vs 306
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 551 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	902 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed	936 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.44 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1050 vs 306
PassMark - G2D Mark	551 vs 309

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1050

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

551

309

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1050	306
PassMark - G2D Mark	551	309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM107	G71
Launch date	17 March 2014	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	513	514
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.97
Technical info
Boost clock speed	936 MHz	575 MHz
Core clock speed	902 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,198 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640	24
Texture fill rate	37.44 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-III
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	256
Shared memory		0