NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 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 3800M

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 575 vs 102
9.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3272 vs 329
9.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3272 vs 329

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	575 vs 102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3272 vs 329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3272 vs 329

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 100 Watt
4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 42

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

575

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3272

329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3272

329

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
PassMark - G3D Mark	575	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3272	329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3272	329

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	C78
Launch date	14 August 2008	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1423	1425
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Price now		$22.68
Value for money (0-100)		5.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	43.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCI
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0