NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 43.2 GTexel / s vs 36.9 billion / sec
  • Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 182 Watt
  • Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 999 MHz
Launch date 14 August 2008 vs 16 June 2008
Texture fill rate 43.2 GTexel / s vs 36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 999 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

  • Around 84% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 675 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 192 vs 128
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1215 vs 581
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 44
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 3272
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 3272
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1242 MHz vs 675 MHz
Pipelines 192 vs 128
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1215 vs 581
PassMark - G2D Mark 55 vs 44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 3272
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 3272

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
581
1215
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
44
55
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3272
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3272
3342
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark 581 1215
PassMark - G2D Mark 44 55
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3272 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3272 3342
Geekbench - OpenCL 19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 29.525

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla 2.0
Code name G92 GT200
Launch date 14 August 2008 16 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1406 1407
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $449
Price now $95.38
Value for money (0-100) 13.70

Technical info

Core clock speed 675 MHz 1242 MHz
Floating-point performance 422.4 gflops 476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 128 192
Texture fill rate 43.2 GTexel / s 36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 182 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 192
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 896 MB
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB / s 111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 448 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 999 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0
3D Vision
SLI