NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 89% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 575 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 43.4 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
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
11.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3465 vs 306
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 312 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.4 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	5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3465 vs 306
PassMark - G2D Mark	312 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3465

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

312

309

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3465	306
PassMark - G2D Mark	312	309
Geekbench - OpenCL	12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7859

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM107	G71
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	548	545
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	1085 MHz	575 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640	24
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 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	MXM-B (3.0)	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	80.19 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0