NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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 NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 250 MHz
10x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
86.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 173 vs 2
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 119

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2008 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	173 vs 2
PassMark - G2D Mark	135 vs 119

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

119

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark	173	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	135	119
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2337

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Celsius
Code name	G96	NV18 C1
Launch date	1 October 2008	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	1314	1316
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD