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).

 

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 181
PassMark - G2D Mark 35
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 1634
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

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