NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 63 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 14 August 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	63 vs 46

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 43.2 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
2.4x better floating-point performance: 422.4 gflops vs 176 gflops
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 768 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 586 vs 402
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3272 vs 2917
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3272 vs 2917

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.2 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 64
Floating-point performance	422.4 gflops vs 176 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	586 vs 402
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3272 vs 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3272 vs 2917

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

586

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

3272

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

3272

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
PassMark - G3D Mark	402	586
PassMark - G2D Mark	63	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917	3272
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917	3272

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G92
Launch date	30 March 2009	14 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$489
Place in performance rating	1406	1407
Price now	$186.29
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	4.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	176 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64	128
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	43.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
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