NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and ATI Mobility Radeon X300 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

ATI Mobility Radeon X300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 360 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 2.88 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 84 vs 34
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 204

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 1 November 2005
Core clock speed	360 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	84 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 204

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

385

204

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370	ATI Mobility Radeon X300
PassMark - G3D Mark	84	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	385	204
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	628

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370	ATI Mobility Radeon X300
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 9
Code name	G84	M22
Launch date	12 September 2007	1 November 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	858	861
Price now	$92.75
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	1.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	360 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	16	4
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	250 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PCIe