NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 24% better floating-point performance: 99.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 173 vs 131
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2008 vs 1 June 2007
Floating-point performance	99.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	173 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark	135 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

109

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	173	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	135	109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2337

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96	G84
Launch date	1 October 2008	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1304	1307
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$149.90
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	99.2 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	32
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-HE
Laptop size	large	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD