NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M and ATI Radeon X1950 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
- 2x more texture fill rate: 13.8 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
- Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 66 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
- 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 306 vs 113
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 March 2007 vs 1 October 2006 |
Texture fill rate | 13.8 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 66 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 256 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 306 vs 113 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
- Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1200 MHz
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 318 vs 309
Specifications (specs) | |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Memory clock speed | 1380 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 318 vs 309 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 306 | 113 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 309 | 318 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | R500 |
Code name | G71 | RV570 |
Launch date | 1 March 2007 | 1 October 2006 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $99.99 | |
Place in performance rating | 514 | 511 |
Price now | $99.99 | |
Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.97 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 575 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 575 MHz | 575 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 24 | |
Texture fill rate | 13.8 GTexel / s | 6.9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt | 66 Watt |
Transistor count | 278 million | 330 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-III | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB / s | 44.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 700 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1380 MHz |
Memory type | 256 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 |