NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 53 vs 41
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2010 vs 1 December 2009
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 53 vs 41

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 288 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1580 MHz
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 415 vs 231
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3259 vs 1814
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3259 vs 1814
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.8 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 48
Floating-point performance 288 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 415 vs 231
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3259 vs 1814
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3259 vs 1814

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
231
415
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
53
41
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1814
3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1814
3259
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
PassMark - G3D Mark 231 415
PassMark - G2D Mark 53 41
Geekbench - OpenCL 6543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1814 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1814 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1963

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT216 G92
Launch date 7 January 2010 1 December 2009
Place in performance rating 1561 1257
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Price now $49.95
Value for money (0-100) 22.55

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 116.16 gflops 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 96
Texture fill rate 8.8 GTexel / s 28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 486 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.28 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3, DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0