NVIDIA GeForce 315M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315M 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 315M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1212 MHz vs 460 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 42 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 36 vs 33
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1401 vs 1252
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1401 vs 1252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	1212 MHz vs 460 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 42 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	36 vs 33
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401 vs 1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401 vs 1252

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 7.36 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
Around 52% better floating-point performance: 58.88 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 208 vs 115

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	58.88 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	208 vs 115

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 315M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

1252

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

1252

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	208
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	33
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401	1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401	1252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G84
Launch date	5 January 2011	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	1636	1639
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	1212 MHz	460 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	38.78 gflops	58.88 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	32
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	7.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	4.1	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0