NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M 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 5800

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 450 MHz
27.1x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
60x more pipelines: 240 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
27.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1223 vs 45

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 13 March 2006
Core clock speed	610 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1223 vs 45

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

12.6x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 189 Watt
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 132 vs 99

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 189 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	132 vs 99

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1223

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

132

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1223	45
PassMark - G2D Mark	99	132
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT200B	G72
Launch date	11 November 2008	13 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499
Place in performance rating	1196	1199
Price now	$178.89
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	240	4
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64
Shared memory		no
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II