GeForce 8800 GTS 320 vs Quadro FX 3500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1182not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.57no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG71G80
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 May 2006 (18 years ago)12 February 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 $269

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data96
Core clock speed450 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors278 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt143 Watt
Texture fill rate9.00024.62
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2281 TFLOPS
ROPs1620
TMUs2024

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length173 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB320 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed660 MHz792 MHz
Memory bandwidth42.24 GB/s63.36 GB/s

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-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.0
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 May 2006 12 February 2007
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 320 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 143 Watt

FX 3500 has 78.8% lower power consumption.

8800 GTS 320, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3500 and GeForce 8800 GTS 320. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 8800 GTS 320 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
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