GMA X3500 vs Quadro FX 3000G

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code nameNV35Bearlake
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 July 2003 (21 year ago)1 August 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed400 MHz667 MHz
Number of transistors135 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data13 Watt
Texture fill rate3.2005.336
ROPs41
TMUs88

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 1.0 x16
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed425 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth27.2 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0a9.0c
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)2.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 July 2003 1 August 2007
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm

GMA X3500 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3000G and GMA X3500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3000G is a workstation graphics card while GMA X3500 is a desktop one.


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