NVIDIA Quadro 4000M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 4000M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro 4000M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 4000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 26.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
10.5x more pipelines: 336 vs 32
6.4x better floating-point performance: 638.4 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
7.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1270 vs 173
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 265 vs 135

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 February 2011 vs 1 October 2008
Texture fill rate	26.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	336 vs 32
Floating-point performance	638.4 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1270 vs 173
PassMark - G2D Mark	265 vs 135

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 475 MHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2337 vs 1254
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2337 vs 1254

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 475 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2337 vs 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2337 vs 1254

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 4000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1270

173

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

265

135

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1254

2337

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1254

2337

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 4000M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1270	173
PassMark - G2D Mark	265	135
Geekbench - OpenCL	5212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.42
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	33.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	81.823
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1413
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	865
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1254	2337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1413
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	865
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1254	2337

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 4000M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF104	G96
Launch date	22 February 2011	1 October 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	1300	1302
Price now	$111.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	19.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	638.4 gflops	99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	336	32
Texture fill rate	26.6 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD