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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

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 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 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	56 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

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	56
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