NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
- Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
- Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
- Around 31% higher memory clock speed: 850 MHz vs 650 MHz
- 13.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 69 vs 5
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 22 July 2003 vs 12 November 2002 |
Core clock speed | 400 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 850 MHz vs 650 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 69 vs 5 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 181 vs 178
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 181 vs 178 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 | NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 69 | 5 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 178 | 181 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 | NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | Kelvin |
Code name | NV35 | NV28 A2 |
Launch date | 22 July 2003 | 12 November 2002 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $203 | |
Place in performance rating | 963 | 964 |
Price now | $166.60 | |
Type | Workstation | Workstation |
Value for money (0-100) | 0.53 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 300 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 3.2 GTexel / s | 2.4 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 135 million | 36 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 8.1 |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 1.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 27.2 GB / s | 10.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 850 MHz | 650 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |