NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 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 9800M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 192 vs 64
2.4x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 192 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
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 823 vs 357
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3258 vs 3076
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3258 vs 3076

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 21 August 2008
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 64
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	823 vs 357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258 vs 3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258 vs 3076

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 108 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 72 vs 47

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	72 vs 47

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

823

357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3258

3076

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3258

3076

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	823	357
PassMark - G2D Mark	47	72
Geekbench - OpenCL	13337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258	3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258	3076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G94
Launch date	30 March 2009	21 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$799
Place in performance rating	1374	1376
Price now	$109.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	9.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	192	64
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		240
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD