NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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 Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 35.2 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2008 vs 25 June 2008
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 vs 43

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 550 MHz
6.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 128
3.4x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1386 vs 452
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3315
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3315

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386 vs 452
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3315

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

452

1386

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3315

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3315

3346

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M	ATI Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	452	1386
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3315	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3315	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV770
Launch date	14 August 2008	25 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$925	$299
Place in performance rating	1328	1329
Price now	$925
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	128	800
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
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