NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition vs ATI FirePro V3750

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition and ATI FirePro V3750 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition

ATI FirePro V3750

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition

Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 48 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 48 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V3750

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 520 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
5.3x better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 66.56 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops vs 66.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition	ATI FirePro V3750
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G84	RV730
Launch date	27 September 2008	11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$199
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	66.56 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	32	320
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt	48 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	20.8 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3