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NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

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For CAD and professional applications certified GPU based on the 8400M GS. The higher power consumption of 17 Watt versus 11 Watt of the 8400M GS indicates a higher performance.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M is the version of 7900 GS video card for notebooks, which is optimized for CAD and professional 3D-applications. Technically, it has the same or similar chip (G71 architecture), but with other Bios and support for professional drivers.

The gaming performance is clearly worse than the 7900 GS (because of the application optimizing). Nonetheless, the most modded drivers can be used, so the Quadro FX 1500M is more a 7900 GS (for the operating system).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

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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.

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 360MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Quadro FX Series
Quadro FX 3800M 128 @ 0.68 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M 128 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M 96 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M 96 @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M 72 @ 0.56 GHz128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M 32 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M 32 @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M 16 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 350 MHz
Quadro FX 3800M 128 @ 0.68 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M 128 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M 96 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M 96 @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M 72 @ 0.56 GHz128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M 32 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M 32 @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M 16 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 350 MHz
Quadro FX 3800M 128 @ 0.68 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M 128 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M 96 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M 96 @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M 72 @ 0.56 GHz128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M 32 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M 32 @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M 16 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 350 MHz
CodenameNB8M-GLMG71GLMNB8E-GLM
Pipelines16 - unified20 / 7 Pixel- / Vertexshader96 - unified
Core Speed400 MHz375 MHz500 MHz
Shader Speed800 MHz1250 MHz
Memory Speed600 MHz500 MHz800 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit256 Bit256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3GDDR3GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory256 MB512 MB512 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consumption17 Watt20 Watt70 Watt
Transistors210 Million278 Million754 Million
technology80 nm90 nm65 nm
FeaturesPowerMizer 7.0, HDR, designed for Vista, 128 Bit HDR, OpenGl 2.190nmPureVideo 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
Date of Announcement09.05.2007 18.04.2006 23.02.2008
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.nvidia.de/page/geforce_8400M....http://www.nvidia.de/page/quadrofx_go.htmlhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/quadrofx_36...
ArchitectureG7xG9x
Notebook Sizelargelarge
InformationPCI-E, 90nmMXM Factor III

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 13650     avg: 15054     median: 15053.5 (16%)     max: 16457 Points
26279 Points (27%)
41502 Points (43%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 5580     avg: 6010     median: 6010 (3%)     max: 6440 Points
min: 14650     avg: 15283     median: 15283 (8%)     max: 15916 Points
26705 Points (14%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 3365     avg: 3372     median: 3372 (4%)     max: 3379 Points
min: 6386     avg: 6666     median: 6400 (7%)     max: 7212 Points
min: 13176     avg: 13950     median: 13949.5 (15%)     max: 14723 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
3DMark 06
1490 Points (2%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
4074 Points (6%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
min: 8035     avg: 8136     median: 8135.5 (11%)     max: 8236 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
3DMark 06
1572 Points (2%)
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
3DMark 06
min: 3900     avg: 3903     median: 3903 (5%)     max: 3906 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
7799 Points (11%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
2985 Points (2%)
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
6193 Points (4%)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M → 223% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M → 420% n=4

- 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

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
Quadro FX 3600M:
98.1  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 360M:
10.1  fps
591%
Quadro FX 3600M:
59.5  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
Quadro FX 3600M:
119.5  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 360M:
7.4  fps
720%
Quadro FX 3600M:
53.2  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 3600M:
29  fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 3600M:
63  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 3600M:
41  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
Quadro FX 360M:
328  fps
79%
Quadro FX 1500M:
259  fps
153%
Quadro FX 3600M:
503  fps
med. 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 360M:
62  fps
231%
Quadro FX 1500M:
143  fps
371%
Quadro FX 3600M:
230  fps
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 360M:
17  fps
371%
Quadro FX 1500M:
63  fps
606%
Quadro FX 3600M:
103  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
Quadro FX 1500M:
114.5  fps
Quadro FX 3600M:
176.5  fps
med. 640x480
Quadro FX 1500M:
113.6  fps
Quadro FX 3600M:
177.3  fps
high 800x600
Quadro FX 1500M:
113.9  fps
Quadro FX 3600M:
175.1  fps
ultra 1024x768
Quadro FX 1500M:
109.3  fps
Quadro FX 3600M:
167.8  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 360M:
242.7  fps
157%
Quadro FX 1500M:
380.7  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M → 209%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 371%

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M → 488%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 655%

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Crysis - GPU Benchmark98.159.5
Crysis - CPU Benchmark119.553.228.98
World in Conflict - Benchmark6341
F.E.A.R.503230103
Doom 3176.5177.3175.1167.8
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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Crysis - GPU Benchmark10.07
Crysis - CPU Benchmark7.39
F.E.A.R.3286217
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo242.7
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F.E.A.R.25914363
Doom 3114.5113.6113.9109.3
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo380.7
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