NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 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 Go 7400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 3.6 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 173 vs 66
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1230 vs 240
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1230 vs 240

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 1 February 2006
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	173 vs 66
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1230 vs 240
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1230 vs 240

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400

Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 112 vs 66

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	112 vs 66

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1230

240

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1230

240

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
PassMark - G3D Mark	173	66
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1230	240
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1230	240

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96	G72
Launch date	30 March 2009	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1572	1575
Price now	$72.50
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	2.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16	4
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	34 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	3.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	450 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64 / 32
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II