NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 4800

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 602 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 28 GTexel / s
Around 71% higher pipelines: 192 vs 112
Around 65% better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 280 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 981 vs 378
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3285
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3285

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 8 January 2008
Core clock speed	602 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 112
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	981 vs 378
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3285

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 78 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 91 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	78 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	91 vs 66

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

981

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3285

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
PassMark - G3D Mark	981	378
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	91
Geekbench - OpenCL	15302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G92
Launch date	11 November 2008	8 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799	$1,599
Place in performance rating	1301	1304
Price now	$149.99	$99.02
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.67	8.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	192	112
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	78 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3