NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition and ATI FirePro V8700 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition

ATI FirePro V8700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition

3.6x lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 151 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 151 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 520 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
25x more pipelines: 800 vs 32
18x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 66.56 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 32
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 66.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition	ATI FirePro V8700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		152.6
PassMark - G2D Mark		527
PassMark - G3D Mark		1539

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition	ATI FirePro V8700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G84	RV770
Launch date	27 September 2008	11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$1,499
Place in performance rating	not rated	433
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	66.56 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	32	800
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	20.8 GB / s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5