Quadro FX 3500 vs NVS 310

Place in performance ranking	1148	1139
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	GF119	G71
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	26 June 2012 (11 years old)	22 May 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$1,599
Current price	$80 (0.5x MSRP)	$920 (0.6x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

NVS 310 and FX 3500 have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	523 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.184	9.000
Floating-point performance	100.4 gflops	no data

Size and 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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	156 mm	173 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

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	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1320 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14 GB/s	42.24 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

2x DisplayPort

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

NVS 310 0.64

FX 3500 0.67
+4.7%

Quadro FX 3500 outperforms NVS 310 by 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

NVS 310 246

FX 3500 259
+5.3%

Quadro FX 3500 outperforms NVS 310 by 5% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	0.64	0.67
Recency	26 June 2012	22 May 2006
Cost	$159	$1599
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	80 Watt