NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 576 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 768 MB
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Launch date 1 December 2009 vs 8 November 2006
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 576 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 155 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 28.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 345.6 gflops vs 288 gflops
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 579 vs 417
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 92 vs 42
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3259
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3259
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion / sec vs 28.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 128 vs 96
Floating-point performance 345.6 gflops vs 288 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 579 vs 417
PassMark - G2D Mark 92 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3259

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
417
579
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
42
92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3259
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3259
3349
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 417 579
PassMark - G2D Mark 42 92
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3259 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3259 3349

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G92 G80
Launch date 1 December 2009 8 November 2006
Place in performance rating 1277 1278
Price now $49.95
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 22.55
Launch price (MSRP) $599

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 576 MHz
Floating-point performance 288 gflops 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 96 128
Texture fill rate 28.8 GTexel / s 36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 155 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 681 million
CUDA cores 575

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 270 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 768 MB
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB / s 86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI