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).

NVIDIA Quadro 4000M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

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
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1302 vs 456
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 273 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	1302 vs 456
PassMark - G2D Mark	273 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

1302

456

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

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	1302	456
PassMark - G2D Mark	273	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	1302	1305
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
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