NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 15.6x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 112 vs 40
  • 7.8x better floating-point performance: 280 gflops vs 36 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 378 vs 90
  • 10x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 328
  • 10x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 328
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 January 2008 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 28 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 112 vs 40
Floating-point performance 280 gflops vs 36 gflops
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 378 vs 90
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3285 vs 328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3285 vs 328

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 91
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 212 vs 91

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
378
90
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
91
212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
328
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
PassMark - G3D Mark 378 90
PassMark - G2D Mark 91 212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3285 328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3285 328

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

Essentials

Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G92 M72
Launch date 8 January 2008 14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $1,599
Place in performance rating 1304 1306
Price now $99.02
Type Workstation Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 8.26

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 280 gflops 36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 112 40
Texture fill rate 28 GTexel / s 1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 78 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 180 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

PowerPlay 7.0