NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M is the version of 7900 GS video card for notebooks, which is optimized for CAD and professional 3D-applications. Technically, it has the same or similar chip (G71 architecture), but with other Bios and support for professional drivers.

The gaming performance is clearly worse than the 7900 GS (because of the application optimizing). Nonetheless, the most modded drivers can be used, so the Quadro FX 1500M is more a 7900 GS (for the operating system).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

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The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M is a upper mid-range professional graphics card for mobile workstations with about 15" displays. It is based on the same chip as the GeForce GT 335M but can be also equipped with fast GDDR5 graphics memory. The FX1800M is shipped with professional drivers and a special BIOS that improves the performance and stability in applications like CAD and DCC.

The certified drivers guarantee flawless and fast working with professional applications like Premiere, Photoshop, After Effect, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, trueSpace, Blender, Catia, IronCAD, Cinema 4D, Lightwave 3D, Softimage, Mathematica ... A list of all certified applications can be found on the Nvidia.com homepage. Compared to GeForce products, the Quadro FX cards offer a significantly better performance, especially for OpenGL based apps.

The gaming performance should be similar to the GeForce GT 335M, altough gamers should choose a GeForce graphics card because of the optimized driver support (that leads to a better performance and less problems in games). Still all modern and demanding games of 2009 should at least run in medium detail settings (see the GeForce GT 335M page for more gaming results).

The chip is manufactured in 40nm and offers 72 1-dimensional unified shaders. These can be compared to about 300-400 5-dimensional shaders in graphics cards by AMD. These processing cores can also be accessed with CUDA, OpenCL, and DirectCompute to use the calculation power for other tasks than rendering images (for example transcoding videos).

The QuadroFX 1800M also supports PureVideo HD with the new VideoProcessor (VP4) to decode HD videos on the graphics card. This helps reducing CPU load and increasing battery runtimes.

The Quadro FX 1800M also supports the automatic switching between the integrated and dedicated graphics card using Optimus. First mobile workstations do not offer Optimus, as the development cycles of these laptops are very long.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

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The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M was the top professional graphic solution for the mobile use in 2007. The Quadro FX 3500M is especially suitable for CAD, digital image-, video editing and scientifical visualizations (according NVIDIA). It is based upon the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950GTX. Therefore also a good gaming performance can be expected (for 2007 and if modded drivers are used). The card is shipped with certified drivers for professional applications, which are not optimized for games (inofficially the manual installation of Forceware drivers should be possible).

The drivers of the Quadro FX series are certified for CAD applications (e.g. AutoCad, Inventor, Solidstation, Solud Edge, ...) and DCC applictions (e.g. Maya, 3DS Max, Lightwave 3D, ...) and offers a 12-Bit precision for Subpixel, full image Antialiasing, hardware accelerated Antialiasing for dots and lines and additional optimized settings, which are optimized for CAD and DCC.

Nvidia describes the 3000 series as a power package for big laptops and data structures.

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Quadro FX Series

Quadro FX 3800M	128 @ 0.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M	128 @ 0.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M	96 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M	96 @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M	72 @ 0.56 GHz	128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M	48 @ 0.53 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M	48 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M	24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz	256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M	24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M	20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M	32 @ 0.48 GHz	128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M	16 @ 0.63 GHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M	8 @ 0.58 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M	4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz	64 Bit @ 350 MHz

Quadro FX 3800M	128 @ 0.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M	128 @ 0.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M	96 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M	96 @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M	72 @ 0.56 GHz	128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M	48 @ 0.53 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M	48 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M	24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz	256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M	24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M	20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M	32 @ 0.48 GHz	128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M	16 @ 0.63 GHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M	8 @ 0.58 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M	4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz	64 Bit @ 350 MHz

Quadro FX 3800M	128 @ 0.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M	128 @ 0.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M	96 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M	96 @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M	72 @ 0.56 GHz	128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M	48 @ 0.53 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M	48 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M	24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz	256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M	24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M	20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M	32 @ 0.48 GHz	128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M	16 @ 0.63 GHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M	8 @ 0.58 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M	4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz	64 Bit @ 350 MHz

Codename

G71GLM

Architecture

G7x

GT2xx

G7x

Pipelines

20 / 7 Pixel- / Vertexshader

72 - unified

24 / 8 Pixel- / Vertexshader

Core Speed

375 MHz

560 MHz

575 MHz

Memory Speed

500 MHz

1100 MHz

700 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

128 Bit

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

DDR3, GDDR5

GDDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

512 MB

1024 MB

512 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0

DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1

DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0

Power Consumption

20 Watt

45 Watt

Transistors

278 Million

technology

90 nm

40 nm

90 nm

Features

90nm

PowerMizer 9.0, EnergyStar (3.8W), 16x FSAA Support, CUDA, NVIEW, OpenGL 3.2

12-bit-sub-pixel, 32-bit-floating-point precision, 32-bit floating point precision, 128 bit graphic pipeline, hardware 3D window clipping, high precision dynamic-range (DPDR) technology, unified memory architecture, nView multi-display (for multi-monitor support), PowerMizer options for energy saving, architecture which is optimized for workstations, rotated-grid full-scene antialiasing (RG FSAA), unified driver architecture, NVIDIA PureVideo technology

Notebook Size

large

medium sized

large

Date of Announcement

18.04.2006

01.02.2010

01.03.2007

Information

PCI-E, 90nm

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.de

www.nvidia.com

Shader Speed

1125 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

min: 3444 avg: 3452 median: 3451.5 (1%) max: 3459 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook 8540w	720QM	Quadro FX 1800M	8 GB	3444
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	3459

3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

min: 2774 avg: 2801 median: 2800.5 (2%) max: 2827 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	2774
HP EliteBook 8540w	720QM	Quadro FX 1800M	8 GB	2827

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1500M +

26279 Points (27%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP nw9440	T2600	Quadro FX 1500M 0.3 GB	1 GB	26279

3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1500M +

min: 14650 avg: 15283 median: 15283 (8%) max: 15916 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
		Quadro FX 1500M		14650
HP nw9440	T2600	Quadro FX 1500M 0.3 GB	1 GB	15916

136%

¹ Quadro FX 3500M +

20736 Points (11%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	T7600	Quadro FX 3500M		20736

3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard

100%

Quadro FX 1500M +

min: 6386 avg: 6666 median: 6400 (7%) max: 7212 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell M90	T7200	Quadro FX 1500M 0.3 GB	1 GB	6386
		Quadro FX 1500M		6400
HP nw9440	T2600	Quadro FX 1500M 0.3 GB	1 GB	7212

238%

Quadro FX 1800M +

15249 Points (17%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	15249

145%

Quadro FX 3500M +

9295 Points (10%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	T7600	Quadro FX 3500M		9295

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

3DMark 06

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1500M +

min: 3900 avg: 3903 median: 3903 (5%) max: 3906 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)		Quadro FX 1500M		3900
Dell M90 (3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	T7200	Quadro FX 1500M 0.3 GB	1 GB	3906

3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

135%

¹ Quadro FX 3500M +

5254 Points (7%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	T7600	Quadro FX 3500M		5254

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

3DMark 06

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1500M +

4074 Points (5%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
HP nw9440 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	T2600	Quadro FX 1500M 0.3 GB	1 GB	4074

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

186%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

min: 7416 avg: 7573 median: 7572.5 (10%) max: 7729 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
HP EliteBook 8540w (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	720QM	Quadro FX 1800M	8 GB	7416
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	7729

SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

12.4 fps (7%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	12.35

specvp11 tcvis-02 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

13 fps (7%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	13.03

specvp11 sw-02 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

28.1 fps (21%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	28.05

specvp11 proe-05 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

7.5 fps (9%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	7.51

specvp11 maya-03 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

16.6 fps (13%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	16.57

specvp11 lightwave-01 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

39 fps (42%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	39.03

specvp11 ensight-04 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

12.3 fps (6%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	12.3

specvp11 catia-03 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

17.5 fps (9%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	17.51

Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

6.6 Points (84%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	6.6

Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

5 Points (63%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	5

Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1800M +

20 fps (7%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M4500 Core i7-940XM	940XM	Quadro FX 1800M 560 / 790 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	19.98

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M → 100% ⁿ⁼¹

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M → 238% ⁿ⁼¹

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M → 145% ⁿ⁼¹

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
¹ This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

F.E.A.R.

2005

100%

Quadro FX 1500M:

259 fps

100%

Quadro FX 1500M:

143 fps

100%

Quadro FX 1500M:

63 fps

Doom 3

2004

100%

Quadro FX 1500M:

114.5 fps

100%

Quadro FX 1500M:

113.6 fps

100%

Quadro FX 1500M:

113.9 fps

100%

Quadro FX 1500M:

109.3 fps

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999

100%

Quadro FX 1500M:

380.7 fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
F.E.A.R.	259	143	63
Doom 3	114.5	113.6	113.9	109.3
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo			380.7
	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps	1 1	1 1	2 1	1			< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps							< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps