NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 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. 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 3700

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2.8x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 112 vs 32
3.5x better floating-point performance: 280 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 378 vs 131

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2008 vs 1 June 2007
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 32
Floating-point performance	280 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	378 vs 131

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 78 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 109 vs 91

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 78 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	109 vs 91

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

378

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	378	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	91	109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G84
Launch date	8 January 2008	1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$149.90
Place in performance rating	1306	1307
Price now	$99.02	$149.90
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.26	1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	280 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	112	32
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	78 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0