NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
3.8x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 192 vs 32
4.7x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 823 vs 209
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3258 vs 1901
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3258 vs 1901

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 29 July 2008
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 32
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	823 vs 209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258 vs 1901
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258 vs 1901

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 108 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 47

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 47

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

823

209

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3258

1901

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3258

1901

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	823	209
PassMark - G2D Mark	47	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	13337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258	1901
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258	1901

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G96
Launch date	30 March 2009	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	1374	1377
Price now	$109.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	9.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	192	32
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Gigaflops		148
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0