NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i and NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 475 MHz

Launch date	4 October 2007 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 475 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 60 vs 37
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 104 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	60 vs 37
PassMark - G3D Mark	104 vs 42

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	60
PassMark - G3D Mark	42	104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		402
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		402

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Tesla
Code name	C73	G84
Launch date	4 October 2007	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1655	1656
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Transistor count	112 million	289 million
Floating-point performance		60.8 gflops
Pipelines		32
Texture fill rate		7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Shared memory		0