NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 7.36 GTexel / s vs 6.72 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1252 vs 565
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1252 vs 565
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 September 2007 vs 9 March 2006
Texture fill rate 7.36 GTexel / s vs 6.72 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1252 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1252 vs 565

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 460 MHz
  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 42 Watt
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 225 vs 181
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 35
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 560 MHz vs 460 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 42 Watt
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 225 vs 181
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
181
225
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
35
59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1252
565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1252
565
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 181 225
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1252 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1252 565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name G84 G73
Launch date 12 September 2007 9 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $199
Place in performance rating 1634 1637
Price now $89.99 $84.95
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 2.77 2.78

Technical info

Core clock speed 460 MHz 560 MHz
Floating-point performance 58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 32
Texture fill rate 7.36 GTexel / s 6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 42 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 289 million 177 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 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 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3