NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
3.9x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 192 vs 32
4.7x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 981 vs 173
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2337
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2337

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 1 October 2008
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 32
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	981 vs 173
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 2337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 2337

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 602 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 602 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	135 vs 66

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

981

173

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

2337

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

2337

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	981	173
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	135
Geekbench - OpenCL	15302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	2337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	2337

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G96
Launch date	11 November 2008	1 October 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799
Place in performance rating	1301	1302
Price now	$149.99
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	192	32
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
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	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD