NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M vs ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M and ATI Radeon X1300 PRO 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 3500M

ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
5.8x more texture fill rate: 13.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 306 vs 84

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2007 vs 1 November 2006
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	306 vs 84

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 313 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	313 vs 309

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

309

313

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	306	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	309	313

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G71	RV516
Launch date	1 March 2007	1 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99
Place in performance rating	511	514
Price now	$99.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.97
Technical info
Boost clock speed	575 MHz
Core clock speed	575 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	700 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0