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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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	1306	1308
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