NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 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 370M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
9.9x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 197 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	15 August 2008 vs 18 March 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 197 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

2.7x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
34.9x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 8
34.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
8.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 798 vs 93
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 334

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 128 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	798 vs 93
PassMark - G2D Mark	518 vs 334

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

334

518

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	93	798
PassMark - G2D Mark	334	518
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G92
Launch date	15 August 2008	18 March 2008
Place in performance rating	485	488
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	8	2x 128
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	754 million
CUDA cores		256 (128 per GPU)
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI