NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 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 370

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Around 74% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 360 MHz
4x more pipelines: 64 vs 16
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 360 MHz
Pipelines	64 vs 16
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 58 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 58 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
PassMark - G3D Mark		84
PassMark - G2D Mark		385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		628

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
Essentials
Architecture	G8x	Tesla
Code name	NB8E-SE	G84
Launch date	18 September 2007	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	866
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Price now		$92.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	360 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	64	16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	578 Million	289 million
Floating-point performance		23.04 gflops
Texture fill rate		2.88 GTexel / s
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI