NVIDIA Quadro FX 470 vs Intel GMA X3500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 470 and Intel GMA X3500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 470

Intel GMA X3500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 470

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 1 August 2007
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X3500

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 580 MHz
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 38 Watt

Core clock speed	667 MHz vs 580 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 38 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 470	Intel GMA X3500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Generation 4.0
Code name	C79MX	Bearlake
Launch date	12 September 2007	1 August 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	667 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0