NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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 965M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 425 MHz
14.4x more texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 83 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
25.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3811 vs 149
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 339 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2015 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	944 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	73.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 83 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3811 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	339 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3811

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

339

235

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	3811	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	339	235
Geekbench - OpenCL	14471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	223.296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1831

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM204	NV41
Launch date	9 January 2015	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	724	727
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	944 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,355 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	73.6 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	83 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI