NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 470

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI and NVIDIA Quadro FX 470 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports.

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI

NVIDIA Quadro FX 470

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 580 MHz

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 580 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 470

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 58 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 58 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI	NVIDIA Quadro FX 470
Essentials
Architecture	G8x	Tesla
Code name	NB8E-SE	C79MX
Launch date	18 September 2007	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	580 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt	38 Watt
Transistor count	578 Million	314 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large
Interface		PCI
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI