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).
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 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 231 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 | 231 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 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 53
| 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 53 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
| PassMark - G3D Mark |
|
|
||||
| PassMark - G2D Mark |
|
|
||||
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
|
|
||||
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
|
|
| Name | NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M | NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 231 | 124 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 53 | 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 | 1561 | 1564 |
| 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 | ||
