ATI FirePro M7740 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro M7740 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro M7740

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7740

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 73% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 20.8 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 640 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 3384 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 665 vs 171
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 415 vs 275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 August 2009 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3384 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	665 vs 171
PassMark - G2D Mark	415 vs 275

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 60 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 60 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro M7740
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

665

171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

415

275

Name	ATI FirePro M7740	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	665	171
PassMark - G2D Mark	415	275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro M7740	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M97	G71
Launch date	4 August 2009	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	600	602
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	832.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640	20
Texture fill rate	20.8 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	826 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	54.1 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	3384 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0