Quadro FX 3700 vs Tesla M2090
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Tesla M2090 and Quadro FX 3700, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Tesla M2090 outperforms FX 3700 by a whopping 885% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 513 | 1161 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.65 | 0.86 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | G92 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 July 2011 (13 years ago) | 8 January 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 512 | 112 |
| Core clock speed | 651 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 754 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 78 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 41.66 | 28.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.332 TFLOPS | 0.28 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 248 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 924 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 177.4 GB/s | 51.2 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 | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.0 | 1.1 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.47 | 0.86 |
| Recency | 25 July 2011 | 8 January 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 78 Watt |
Tesla M2090 has a 884.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.
FX 3700, on the other hand, has 220.5% lower power consumption.
The Tesla M2090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3700 in performance tests.
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