NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 182 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 182 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 520 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
6.8x more pipelines: 216 vs 32
8.1x better floating-point performance: 536.5 gflops vs 66.56 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB
Around 54% higher memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	216 vs 32
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops vs 66.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G84	GT200
Launch date	27 September 2008	16 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	66.56 gflops	536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	32	216
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s	41.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	20.8 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz	1998 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3