NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 26.4 GTexel / s
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 288 gflops vs 264 gflops
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 105 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 384 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 416 vs 330
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3259 vs 3128
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3259 vs 3128

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2009 vs 31 January 2008
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s vs 26.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	288 gflops vs 264 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	416 vs 330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259 vs 3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259 vs 3128

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 121 vs 51

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	121 vs 51

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

330

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3128

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3128

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	416	330
PassMark - G2D Mark	51	121
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259	3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259	3128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G92
Launch date	1 December 2009	31 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1240	1243
Price now	$49.95
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	22.55
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	288 gflops	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	96
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s	26.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	384 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
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