NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

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 380M

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The Nvidia Quadro FX 380M is a professional entry-level graphics card for mobile workstations. It is based on the GeForce 310M and therefore the 3D performance is not very good. Due to special drivers and optimizations, the performance for professional applications should be much better (than the 310M would perform). Another advantage are the certified drivers than ensure a good performance of professional applications without errors.

The card supports DirectX 10.1 and all the features of the G 310M (as it is based on the same GT218 core). Therefore PureVideo HD to decode HD videos with the graphics card is supported. The used Video Processor 4 (VP4) is able to fully decode H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and also MPEG-4 ASP (DivX or xVID) in hardware to minimize CPU load. MPEG-1 is not supported but can be easily handled by every modern CPU.

The gaming performance of the FX380M is similar to the GeForce 310M and therefore located in the entry level class. The professional drivers are however optimized for applications and may therefore deliver a worse performance. Modern 3D games like COD Modern Warfare 2 run only in low details and resolutions fluently. Some demanding games like NFS Shift or GTA4 wont run fluently at all. Less demanding games like SIMS 3 run in medium details and resolutions fluently. Therefore, the graphics card can not be recommended for gamers.

As the FX380M supports CUDA, DirectX Compute 10.1, and OpenCL, the shaders of the graphics processor can be used for other tasks than rendering images (e.g. faster encoding of videos).

The used GT218 core is manufactured in 40nm and based on the desktop GTX 200 architecture.

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

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

n10m-glm

Architecture

G7x

GT2xx

Pipelines

20 / 7 Pixel- / Vertexshader

72 - unified

16 - unified

Core Speed

375 MHz

560 MHz

625 MHz

Memory Speed

500 MHz

1100 MHz

800 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

128 Bit

64 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

DDR3, GDDR5

GDDR3, DDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

512 MB

1024 MB

512 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0

DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1

Power Consumption

20 Watt

45 Watt

25 Watt

Transistors

278 Million

260 Million

technology

90 nm

40 nm

Features

90nm

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

DirectX Compute Support (Windows 7), CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL 2.1, certified drivers

Notebook Size

large

medium sized

Date of Announcement

18.04.2006

01.02.2010

07.01.2010

Information

PCI-E, 90nm

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.de

www.nvidia.com

Shader Speed

1125 MHz

1530 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

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

111%

Quadro FX 380M +

7095 Points (8%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook 8440w	620M	Quadro FX 380M	4 GB	7095

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 380M

95%

¹ Quadro FX 380M +

3690 Points (5%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	620M	Quadro FX 380M 0.5 GB	4 GB	3690

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

3DMark 06

100%

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%

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

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

91%

Quadro FX 380M +

3687 Points (5%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
HP EliteBook 8440w (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	620M	Quadro FX 380M	4 GB	3687

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⁼²

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M → 212% ⁿ⁼²

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M → 101% ⁿ⁼²

- 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 380M
	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 380M
	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