NVIDIA Quadro 4000M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 4000M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 4000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 2.6x more pipelines: 336 vs 128
  • Around 81% better floating-point performance: 638.4 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1270 vs 456
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 265 vs 88
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 February 2011 vs 14 August 2008
Pipelines 336 vs 128
Floating-point performance 638.4 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1270 vs 456
PassMark - G2D Mark 265 vs 88

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 475 MHz
  • Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 26.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3315 vs 1254
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3315 vs 1254
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate 35.2 GTexel / s vs 26.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3315 vs 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3315 vs 1254

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 4000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1270
456
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
265
88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1254
3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1254
3315
Name NVIDIA Quadro 4000M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1270 456
PassMark - G2D Mark 265 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 5212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.42
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 738.724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 33.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 81.823
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1413
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 865
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1254 3315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1413
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 865
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1254 3315

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro 4000M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF104 G92
Launch date 22 February 2011 14 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $925
Place in performance rating 1300 1303
Price now $111.99 $925
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 19.30 1.12

Technical info

Core clock speed 475 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 638.4 gflops 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 336 128
Texture fill rate 26.6 GTexel / s 35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-HE
Laptop size large large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0