NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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 950

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 575 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 49.2 billion / sec vs 13.8 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 768 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
17.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5340 vs 306
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 641 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 August 2015 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5340 vs 306
PassMark - G2D Mark	641 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 90 Watt
200x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5340

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

641

309

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	5340	306
PassMark - G2D Mark	641	309
Geekbench - OpenCL	16728
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	105

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM206	G71
Launch date	20 August 2015	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$99.99
Place in performance rating	547	545
Price now	$194.44	$99.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	30.06	3.97
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz	575 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	575 MHz
CUDA cores	768
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	768	24
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
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	7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	105.6 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.6 GB/s	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround