NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 350 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 700 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 260 vs 52
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 882 vs 224
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 882 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 May 2006 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	260 vs 52
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	882 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	882 vs 224

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 114 vs 81

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	114 vs 81

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

114

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

224

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

224

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
PassMark - G3D Mark	260	52
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	882	224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	882	224

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	G72
Launch date	22 May 2006	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599
Place in performance rating	1550	1551
Price now	$129.98
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	2.07
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Pipelines		4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	173 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	42.2 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II