GeForce4 MX 440-SE vs Quadro FX 3700M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1056not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency1.09no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameG92NV17 A3
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date14 August 2008 (16 years ago)6 February 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$925 no data

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 cores128no data
Core clock speed550 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors754 million29 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate35.201.000
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs644

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-HEAGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s5.312 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)8.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 August 2008 6 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 150 nm

FX 3700M has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3700M and GeForce4 MX 440-SE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3700M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce4 MX 440-SE is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
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NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE
GeForce4 MX 440-SE

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