NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1814 vs 882
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1814 vs 882
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2010 vs 22 May 2006
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1814 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1814 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

  • Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 260 vs 224
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 55
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 260 vs 224
PassMark - G2D Mark 81 vs 55

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
224
260
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
55
81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1814
882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1814
882
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
PassMark - G3D Mark 224 260
PassMark - G2D Mark 55 81
Geekbench - OpenCL 6543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1814 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1814 882

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Curie
Code name GT216 G71
Launch date 7 January 2010 22 May 2006
Place in performance rating 1554 1557
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,599
Price now $129.98
Value for money (0-100) 2.07

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 116.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 8.8 GTexel / s 9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 486 million 278 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 173 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.28 GB / s 42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz 1320 MHz
Memory type GDDR3, DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0