NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 2.56 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 600 MHz
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 372 vs 110

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2008 vs 16 January 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 2.56 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	372 vs 110

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 166 vs 81

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	166 vs 81

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

372

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	372	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	166
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	NV41
Launch date	8 January 2008	16 January 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599
Place in performance rating	1330	1040
Price now	$99.02
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	2.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	78 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR