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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

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 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 225 vs 208
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 33

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 208
PassMark - G2D Mark	59 vs 33

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

225

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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	208	225
PassMark - G2D Mark	33	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	1639	1642
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