NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 460 MHz vs 350 MHz
5.3x more texture fill rate: 7.36 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 160 vs 51
6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1252 vs 184
6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1252 vs 184

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 8 August 2006
Core clock speed	460 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	160 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1252 vs 184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1252 vs 184

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 79 vs 36

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	79 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1252

184

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1252

184

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	160	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1252	184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1252	184

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	NV44 B2
Launch date	12 September 2007	8 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	1630	1631
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	460 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2