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 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 224 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 224 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 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 55
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 55

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
224
124
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
55
57
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 224 124
PassMark - G2D Mark 55 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 1554 1556
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