NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 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 G100 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 460 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 42 Watt
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 36
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 185 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 460 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 42 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	62 vs 36
PassMark - G3D Mark	185 vs 160

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 7.36 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
2.8x better floating-point performance: 58.88 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1252 vs 593
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1252 vs 593

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 8
Floating-point performance	58.88 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1252 vs 593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1252 vs 593

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

185

160

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

1252

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

1252

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	36
PassMark - G3D Mark	185	160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	593	1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	593	1252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G84
Launch date	10 March 2009	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	1628	1630
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops	58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	32
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	7.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2