NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 28 GTexel / s
Around 71% higher pipelines: 192 vs 112
Around 65% better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 280 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 825 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 15 July 2008
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 112
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	825 vs 454

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 108 Watt
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 89 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	89 vs 49

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

825

454

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	825	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	49	89
Geekbench - OpenCL	13337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G92
Launch date	30 March 2009	15 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	$328.50
Place in performance rating	1363	1364
Price now	$109.99	$328.50
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	9.89	2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	192	112
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s	28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	754 million
CUDA cores per GPU		112
Gigaflops		420
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	1 GB
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
SLI