NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 vs NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 and NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500 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 GeForce3 Ti500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 240 MHz
14.6x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
126x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 378 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2008 vs 1 October 2001
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 240 MHz
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	378 vs 3

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 116 vs 91

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	116 vs 91

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
PassMark - G3D Mark	378	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	91	116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Kelvin
Code name	G92	NV20 A5
Launch date	8 January 2008	1 October 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$349
Place in performance rating	1298	1301
Price now	$99.02
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	240 MHz
Floating-point performance	280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	1.92 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	78 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	57 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	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR