ATI Radeon HD 3470 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3470 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 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 Radeon HD 3470

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 74% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 460 MHz
Around 25% higher pipelines: 40 vs 32
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 64 gflops vs 58.88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 42 Watt
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 460 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 32
Floating-point performance	64 gflops vs 58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 42 Watt
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 35

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

2.3x more texture fill rate: 7.36 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 181 vs 116
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1252 vs 764
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1252 vs 764

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	181 vs 116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1252 vs 764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1252 vs 764

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3470
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

181

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

1252

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

1252

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	116	181
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764	1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764	1252

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV620	G84
Launch date	23 January 2008	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	1633	1634
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	64 gflops	58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	40	32
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	7.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2