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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

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	511	508
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