NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS 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 380M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 530 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 60 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 106 vs 50

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 1 November 2008
Core clock speed	606 MHz vs 530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	106 vs 50

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

3.3x more texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 4.85 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 64 vs 16
3.6x better floating-point performance: 169.6 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 534 vs 121

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 16
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	534 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	534
PassMark - G2D Mark	106	50
Geekbench - OpenCL	2851
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2414

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G94
Launch date	7 January 2010	1 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1478	1479
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	606 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	46.98 gflops	169.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	64
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	16 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		254
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
Power management		8.0