NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 460 MHz
2x more pipelines: 64 vs 32
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 460 MHz
Pipelines	64 vs 32
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 58 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 58 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
PassMark - G3D Mark		171
PassMark - G2D Mark		36
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
Essentials
Architecture	G8x	Tesla
Code name	NB8E-SE	G84
Launch date	18 September 2007	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1635
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	460 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	64	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	578 Million	289 million
Floating-point performance		58.88 gflops
Texture fill rate		7.36 GTexel / s
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video