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
GPU 1
GPU 2
306
113
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
309
318
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark 306 113
PassMark - G2D Mark 309 318

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Essentials

Architecture Curie R500
Code name G71 RV570
Launch date 1 March 2007 1 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $99.99
Place in performance rating 515 512
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 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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-III PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

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