NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M and ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 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 9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 350 MHz
12.6x more texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 128 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 600 MHz
9.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 452 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2008 vs 1 July 2004
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	452 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 110 vs 81

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	110 vs 81

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

452

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
PassMark - G3D Mark	452	46
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	110
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3315

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R400
Code name	G92	M18
Launch date	14 August 2008	1 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$925
Place in performance rating	1316	1317
Price now	$925
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	1.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	128	8
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	160 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0
Powerplay