NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M and NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT 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 880M

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 45% better floating-point performance: 116.16 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 225 vs 124
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1814 vs 1701
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1814 vs 1701

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 1 June 2007
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	225 vs 124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1814 vs 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1814 vs 1701

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	57 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

225

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1814

1701

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1814

1701

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	225	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	6543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1814	1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1814	1701

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G84
Launch date	7 January 2010	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1555	1557
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	48	32
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-HE
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.28 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0