NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI 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 Quadro FX 4500 SDI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 430 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 78 Watt vs 116 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Launch date	8 January 2008 vs 30 January 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 430 MHz
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	78 Watt vs 116 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI
PassMark - G3D Mark	372
PassMark - G2D Mark	81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	G70
Launch date	8 January 2008	30 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599
Place in performance rating	1330	not rated
Price now	$99.02
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	430 MHz
Floating-point performance	280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	78 Watt	116 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3