NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT 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 380

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 173 vs 137
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 66 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 19 August 2008
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	173 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	66 vs 57

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2.4x better floating-point performance: 84.8 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 34 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1465 vs 1230
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1465 vs 1230

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	84.8 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 34 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1465 vs 1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1465 vs 1230

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1230

1465

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1230

1465

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	173	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1230	1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1230	1465

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96	G96
Launch date	30 March 2009	19 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1572	1573
Price now	$72.50
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	2.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	35.2 gflops	84.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	32
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	34 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		1920x1200
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0