NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M is a professional graphics card for CAD, DCC and other modeling applications based upon the 8800M GTX consumer card (G92 architecture). It was a high-end card at the time of announcement. Certified drivers grant error-free and faster performance in professional applications. The FX 3600M was later succeeded by the more efficient 55nm FX 2800M and FX 3800M, both of which still utilize the G92 architecture.

The most important aspect of the Quadro FX 3600M is its use "Unified Shaders". There no longer exist any dedicated pixel or vertex shaders. Instead, the FX 3600M uses 64 so-called stream processors to handle most of the graphics work previously processed by pixel and vertex shaders. Furthermore, the shader units are clocked higher than the GPU core (1250 MHz).

The performance of the FX 3600M shoul be higher than the 1600M due to the 256 bit wide memory bus and the high number of Unified Shaders. According to Nvidia, the GPU is best suited for modelling large 3D scenes and complex models.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

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The Nvidia Quadro FX 380M is a professional entry-level graphics card for mobile workstations. It is based on the GeForce 310M and therefore the 3D performance is not very good. Due to special drivers and optimizations, the performance for professional applications should be much better (than the 310M would perform). Another advantage are the certified drivers than ensure a good performance of professional applications without errors.

The card supports DirectX 10.1 and all the features of the G 310M (as it is based on the same GT218 core). Therefore PureVideo HD to decode HD videos with the graphics card is supported. The used Video Processor 4 (VP4) is able to fully decode H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and also MPEG-4 ASP (DivX or xVID) in hardware to minimize CPU load. MPEG-1 is not supported but can be easily handled by every modern CPU.

The gaming performance of the FX380M is similar to the GeForce 310M and therefore located in the entry level class. The professional drivers are however optimized for applications and may therefore deliver a worse performance. Modern 3D games like COD Modern Warfare 2 run only in low details and resolutions fluently. Some demanding games like NFS Shift or GTA4 wont run fluently at all. Less demanding games like SIMS 3 run in medium details and resolutions fluently. Therefore, the graphics card can not be recommended for gamers.

As the FX380M supports CUDA, DirectX Compute 10.1, and OpenCL, the shaders of the graphics processor can be used for other tasks than rendering images (e.g. faster encoding of videos).

The used GT218 core is manufactured in 40nm and based on the desktop GTX 200 architecture.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

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The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M was the top professional graphic solution for the mobile use in 2007. The Quadro FX 3500M is especially suitable for CAD, digital image-, video editing and scientifical visualizations (according NVIDIA). It is based upon the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950GTX. Therefore also a good gaming performance can be expected (for 2007 and if modded drivers are used). The card is shipped with certified drivers for professional applications, which are not optimized for games (inofficially the manual installation of Forceware drivers should be possible).

The drivers of the Quadro FX series are certified for CAD applications (e.g. AutoCad, Inventor, Solidstation, Solud Edge, ...) and DCC applictions (e.g. Maya, 3DS Max, Lightwave 3D, ...) and offers a 12-Bit precision for Subpixel, full image Antialiasing, hardware accelerated Antialiasing for dots and lines and additional optimized settings, which are optimized for CAD and DCC.

Nvidia describes the 3000 series as a power package for big laptops and data structures.

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Quadro FX Series

Quadro FX 3800M	128 @ 0.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M	128 @ 0.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M	96 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M	96 @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M	72 @ 0.56 GHz	128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M	48 @ 0.53 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M	48 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M	24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz	256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M	24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M	20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M	32 @ 0.48 GHz	128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M	16 @ 0.63 GHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M	8 @ 0.58 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M	4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz	64 Bit @ 350 MHz

Quadro FX 3800M	128 @ 0.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M	128 @ 0.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M	96 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M	96 @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M	72 @ 0.56 GHz	128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M	48 @ 0.53 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M	48 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M	24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz	256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M	24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M	20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M	32 @ 0.48 GHz	128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M	16 @ 0.63 GHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M	8 @ 0.58 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M	4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz	64 Bit @ 350 MHz

Quadro FX 3800M	128 @ 0.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M	128 @ 0.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M	96 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M	96 @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M	72 @ 0.56 GHz	128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M	48 @ 0.53 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M	48 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M	24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz	256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M	24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M	20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M	32 @ 0.48 GHz	128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M	16 @ 0.63 GHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M	8 @ 0.58 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M	4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz	64 Bit @ 350 MHz

Codename

NB8E-GLM

n10m-glm

G71GLM

Architecture

G9x

GT2xx

G7x

Pipelines

96 - unified

16 - unified

24 / 8 Pixel- / Vertexshader

Core Speed

500 MHz

625 MHz

575 MHz

Shader Speed

1250 MHz

1530 MHz

Memory Speed

800 MHz

700 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

64 Bit

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

GDDR3, DDR3

GDDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

512 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0

DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1

DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0

Power Consumption

70 Watt

25 Watt

45 Watt

Transistors

754 Million

260 Million

278 Million

technology

65 nm

40 nm

90 nm

Features

PureVideo technology (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV9 decoding acceleration), HDCP-capable, PowerMizer 7.0 energy administration (dynamic switching between performance and energy saving), HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting), designed for Windows Vista, supports Dual-Link DVI-D exits for TFT resolutions up to 2560x1600, LVDS, VGA, HDTV, HDCP, HDMI, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread technology

DirectX Compute Support (Windows 7), CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL 2.1, certified drivers

12-bit-sub-pixel, 32-bit-floating-point precision, 32-bit floating point precision, 128 bit graphic pipeline, hardware 3D window clipping, high precision dynamic-range (DPDR) technology, unified memory architecture, nView multi-display (for multi-monitor support), PowerMizer options for energy saving, architecture which is optimized for workstations, rotated-grid full-scene antialiasing (RG FSAA), unified driver architecture, NVIDIA PureVideo technology

Notebook Size

large

Date of Announcement

23.02.2008

07.01.2010

01.03.2007

Information

MXM Factor III

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.com

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3600M +

41502 Points (43%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M6300	T9500	Quadro FX 3600M 500 / 799 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	41502

3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3600M +

26705 Points (14%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M6300	T9500	Quadro FX 3600M 500 / 799 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	26705

78%

¹ Quadro FX 3500M +

20736 Points (11%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	T7600	Quadro FX 3500M		20736

3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard

100%

Quadro FX 3600M +

min: 13176 avg: 13950 median: 13949.5 (15%) max: 14723 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	T7500	Quadro FX 3600M 0.5 GB	4 GB	13176
Dell Precision M6300	T9500	Quadro FX 3600M 500 / 799 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	14723

51%

Quadro FX 380M +

7095 Points (8%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook 8440w	620M	Quadro FX 380M	4 GB	7095

67%

Quadro FX 3500M +

9295 Points (10%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	T7600	Quadro FX 3500M		9295

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

3DMark 06

100%

Quadro FX 3600M +

7799 Points (10%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	T7500	Quadro FX 3600M 0.5 GB	4 GB	7799

3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

47%

Quadro FX 380M +

3690 Points (5%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	620M	Quadro FX 380M 0.5 GB	4 GB	3690

3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

67%

Quadro FX 3500M +

5254 Points (7%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	T7600	Quadro FX 3500M		5254

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

3DMark 06

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3600M +

min: 8035 avg: 8136 median: 8135.5 (11%) max: 8236 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
(3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	T9300	Quadro FX 3600M 0.5 GB	2 GB	8035
Dell Precision M6300 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	T9500	Quadro FX 3600M 500 / 799 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	8236

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

45%

¹ Quadro FX 380M +

3687 Points (5%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
HP EliteBook 8440w (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	620M	Quadro FX 380M	4 GB	3687

Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3600M +

6193 Points (4%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M6300	T9500	Quadro FX 3600M 500 / 799 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	6193

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M → 100% ⁿ⁼²

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M → 49% ⁿ⁼²

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M → 67% ⁿ⁼²

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
¹ This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

98.1 fps

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

59.5 fps

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

119.5 fps

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

53.2 fps

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

29 fps

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

63 fps

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

41 fps

F.E.A.R.

2005

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

503 fps

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

230 fps

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

103 fps

Doom 3

2004

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

176.5 fps

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

177.3 fps

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

175.1 fps

100%

Quadro FX 3600M:

167.8 fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M	low	med.	high	ultra
Crysis - GPU Benchmark	98.1	59.5
Crysis - CPU Benchmark	119.5	53.2	28.98
World in Conflict - Benchmark		63	41
F.E.A.R.	503	230	103
Doom 3	176.5	177.3	175.1	167.8
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps	2 2	2 1 2	1 1 1 1	1

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

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