NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Quadro FX 3500M provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.69% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.
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Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro FX 3500M sales 1 March 2007 at a recommended price of $99.99. This is a Curie architecture notebook card based on 90 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.6 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-III interface. Power consumption is at 45 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Quadro FX 3500M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 1201 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.11 | |
| Power efficiency | 1.23 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | |
| GPU code name | G71 | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 1 March 2007 (18 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $99.99 | of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Quadro FX 3500M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro FX 3500M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 32 | of 960 (GeForce GTX 660) |
| Core clock speed | 575 MHz | of 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI) |
| Boost clock speed | 575 MHz | of 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell)) |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | of 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | of 235 (FirePro S9150) |
| Texture fill rate | 13.80 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 16 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 24 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro FX 3500M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | |
| Interface | MXM-III |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro FX 3500M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 600 MHz | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro FX 3500M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by Quadro FX 3500M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro FX 3500M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
Send your test results of Quadro FX 3500M.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good Quadro FX 3500M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9 | |
| Valorant | 27−30 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 21−24 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Dota 2 | 12−14 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7 | |
| Metro Exodus | 1−2 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7 | |
| Valorant | 27−30 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Dota 2 | 12−14 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7 | |
| Valorant | 27−30 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 3−4 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | |
| Valorant | 4−5 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro FX 3500M is FirePro M2000, which is faster by 39% and higher by 68 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro FX 3500M:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Quadro FX 3500M according to our statistics.
