NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 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 Quadro FX 1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 460 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 7.36 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 55 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 208 vs 124

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	460 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 55 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	208 vs 124

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 33

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 33

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	208	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	33	152
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	NV41
Launch date	12 September 2007	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$799
Place in performance rating	1639	1105
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
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	130 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	222 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	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR