NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M and ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 1700M

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 445 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 1.78 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 32 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 173 vs 43
9.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2337 vs 252
9.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2337 vs 252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2008 vs 19 January 2006
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 445 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 1.78 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	173 vs 43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2337 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2337 vs 252

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 226 vs 135

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	226 vs 135

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

226

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2337

252

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2337

252

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	173	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	135	226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2337	252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2337	252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G96	M54
Launch date	1 October 2008	19 January 2006
Place in performance rating	1314	1315
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	445 MHz
Floating-point performance	99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32	4
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	1.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		445 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	250 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD