NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 460 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 42 Watt
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 460 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 42 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 36

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 7.36 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
Around 31% better floating-point performance: 58.88 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 160 vs 120
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1252 vs 1017
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1252 vs 1017

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	58.88 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	160 vs 120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1252 vs 1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1252 vs 1017

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

160

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017

1252

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017

1252

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	36
PassMark - G3D Mark	120	160
Geekbench - OpenCL	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1017	1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1017	1252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G84
Launch date	3 September 2010	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	1627	1630
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops	58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	32
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s	7.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	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	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2