NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 260 vs 178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 May 2006 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	260 vs 178

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

4x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 80 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 81
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 916 vs 882
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 916 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	88 vs 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	916 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	916 vs 882

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

260

178

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

916

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

916

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	260	178
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	882	916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	882	916

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	G71
Launch date	22 May 2006	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599
Place in performance rating	1566	1567
Price now	$129.98
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	2.07
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	7.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Pipelines		20
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	173 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	42.2 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0