NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 78 Watt
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 91
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2008 vs 8 January 2008
Core clock speed 625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 78 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 135 vs 91

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
  • 3.5x more pipelines: 112 vs 32
  • 2.8x better floating-point performance: 280 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 378 vs 173
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 2337
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 2337
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 28 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines 112 vs 32
Floating-point performance 280 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 378 vs 173
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3285 vs 2337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3285 vs 2337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
173
378
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
135
91
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2337
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2337
3285
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
PassMark - G3D Mark 173 378
PassMark - G2D Mark 135 91
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2337 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2337 3285

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G96 G92
Launch date 1 October 2008 8 January 2008
Place in performance rating 1302 1304
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,599
Price now $99.02
Value for money (0-100) 8.26

Technical info

Core clock speed 625 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 99.2 gflops 280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 32 112
Texture fill rate 10 GTexel / s 28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 78 Watt
Transistor count 314 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDCP
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-II PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

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 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD