Quadro FX 3000G vs GeForce 9200
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1246 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.75 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Rankine (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | C79 | NV35 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 17 April 2007 (17 years ago) | 22 July 2003 (21 year 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.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 16 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 135 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 3.600 | 3.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0352 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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).
| Interface | PCI | AGP 8x |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x Molex |
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 type | System Shared | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 425 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 27.2 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0a |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 April 2007 | 22 July 2003 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
GeForce 9200 has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9200 and Quadro FX 3000G. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9200 is a desktop card while Quadro FX 3000G is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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