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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

178

181

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	69	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	178	181

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Kelvin
Code name	NV35	NV28 A2
Launch date	22 July 2003	12 November 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$203
Place in performance rating	971	972
Price now	$166.60
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.53
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
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