NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M and ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 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 3700M

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 240 MHz
32x more pipelines: 128 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
150.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 452 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2008 vs 1 September 2002
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 240 MHz
Pipelines	128 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	452 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

27.3x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 81

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

452

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	452	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3315

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G92	M9
Launch date	14 August 2008	1 September 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$925
Place in performance rating	1316	1318
Price now	$925
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	1.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	240 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	128	4
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	36 million
Boost clock speed		240 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 4x
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
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