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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 is a workstation graphics card. It has 256 MB of GDDR3 memory, a boost clock of 450 MHz and a 80 W board power rating. It scores 265 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

G71Workstation

4/10 key specs recorded · 20 facts

Depth: 28 recorded fields, 1 PassMark workload

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

256 MB

GDDR3

Boost clock

n/a

450 MHz base

Board power

80 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 scores 265 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 27.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,124), measured across 211 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 66.

PassMark G3D Mark

265

Rank #2,124
Faster than 27.5% of 2,658 GPUs
211 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 7 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 11.6% of 1,675 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 averages DirectX 9 7 fps, across 211 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe x16

Max memory 256 MB

Core clock 470 MHz

Memory clock 1320 MHz

DirectX 9.0c

OpenGL 2.1

Max TDP 80 W

First benchmarked 2009-04-03

Samples 211

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 states the PCIe x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 470 MHz, DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1, first benchmarked on 2009-04-03. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename G71

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 uses the G71 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 20

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 20 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500.

Clock speeds

Base clock 450 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 runs at a base clock of 450 MHz.

Memory

Size 256 MB

Type GDDR3

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 is equipped with 256 MB of GDDR3 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 has a board power rating of 80 W and it connects over PCIe x16.

Board power (TDP) 80 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 265

PassMark G2D 66

Rank #2,124

Samples 211

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

DirectX 9.0c (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 2.1

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 (Prerelease - WDDM 1.0) and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 (Prerelease - WDDM 1.0); NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 (Mobile)