NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M vs ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M and ATI Radeon 9800 SE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 331 MHz
Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 580 MHz
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 45 vs 24
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 132 vs 131

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2006 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 331 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	45 vs 24
PassMark - G2D Mark	132 vs 131

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

132

131

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	45	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	132	131

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	G72	R350
Launch date	13 March 2006	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1199	1201
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	331 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	4
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	1.324 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	112 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		Floppy
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	350 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	64	DDR
Shared memory	no
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II