NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M vs ATI Radeon HD 3200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M and ATI Radeon HD 3200 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

ATI Radeon HD 3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.4x more pipelines: 96 vs 40
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 415 vs 82
8.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3259 vs 386
8.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3259 vs 386

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2009 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 40
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	415 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259 vs 386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259 vs 386

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3200

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 227 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	227 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

415

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

386

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

386

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	ATI Radeon HD 3200
PassMark - G3D Mark	415	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259	386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259	386

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	ATI Radeon HD 3200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	RV6xx
Code name	G92	RS780M
Launch date	1 December 2009	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1262	1264
Price now	$49.95
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	22.55
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	40
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	181 Million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0