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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

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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 3700M

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The Nvidia GeForce FX 3700M is a professional high-end workstation graphics card for laptops. It is manufactured in 65nm and is based on the G92 core with all 128 shaders enabled. The GPU is most comparable to the consumer GeForce GTX 280M with the largest difference being the manufacturing process (65nm of the 3700M vs 55nm of the 280M). The immediate successor to the 3700M is the Quadro FX 3800M, which is based on the GeForce GTX 285M but with higher clock rates and relatively similar power consumption demands.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

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The Nvidia Quadro FX 1700M is a professional graphics adapter for CAD and 3D applications. It is based on the G96 core (GeForce 9650M e.g.) but with different drivers, that are optimized for OpenGL and professional applications. The drivers are zertified to work flawlessly with different applications.

Compared to the Quadro FX 1600M, the FX 1700M GPU supports Powermizer 8.0.

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 3700MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
Quadro FX Series
Quadro FX 3800M 128 @ 0.68 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M 128 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M 96 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M 96 @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M 72 @ 0.56 GHz128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M 32 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M 32 @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M 16 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 350 MHz
Quadro FX 3800M 128 @ 0.68 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M 128 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M 96 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M 96 @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M 72 @ 0.56 GHz128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M 32 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M 32 @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M 16 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 350 MHz
Quadro FX 3800M 128 @ 0.68 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M 128 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M 96 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M 96 @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M 72 @ 0.56 GHz128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M 32 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M 32 @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M 16 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 350 MHz
CodenameG71GLMNB9E-GLM3NB9P-GLM
ArchitectureG7xG9xG9x
Pipelines20 / 7 Pixel- / Vertexshader128 - unified32 - unified
Core Speed375 MHz550 MHz625 MHz
Memory Speed500 MHz800 MHz800 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit256 Bit128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3GDDR3GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB1024 MB256 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consumption20 Watt75 Watt50 Watt
Transistors278 Million754 Million289 Million
technology90 nm65 nm65 nm
Features90nmOpenGL 2.1, CUDA, PowerMizer 8.0OpenGL 2.1, PureVideo HD, Powermizer 8.0, possible interfaces: LVDS, DVI, VGA, HDTV, HDCP, HDMI
Notebook Sizelargelargelarge
Date of Announcement18.04.2006 14.08.2008 01.10.2008
InformationPCI-E, 90nmCG shading language, 32 Bit floating point precision, 12 Bit subpixel precision, 128 Bit precision of the graphics pipeline, FSAA with rotated raster, nView Mutlidisplay Support, High-Precision-Dynamic-Range (HPDR), Hardware 3D Clipping on window recognision, full screen AA
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.com
Shader Speed1375 MHz1250 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
5053 Points (1%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
4326 Points (2%)
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
26279 Points (27%)
35734 Points (37%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 14650     avg: 15283     median: 15283 (8%)     max: 15916 Points
18212 Points (10%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 6386     avg: 6666     median: 6400 (7%)     max: 7212 Points
15759 Points (17%)
11550 Points (13%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
3DMark 06
min: 3900     avg: 3903     median: 3903 (5%)     max: 3906 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
3DMark 06
4074 Points (5%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
min: 10430     avg: 10847     median: 11000 (14%)     max: 11111 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
3DMark 06
6302 Points (8%)
SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3dsmax
25.5 Points (53%)
SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia
32 Points (67%)
SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - EnSight
34.6 Points (73%)
SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya
59.6 Points (32%)
SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Pro/Engeneer
29.8 Points (58%)
SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks
54.6 Points (81%)
SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter
22 Points (57%)
SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS NX
26.4 Points (54%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
4481 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
6159 Points (4%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
29.8 fps (10%)

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

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M → 246% n=1

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M → 180% n=1

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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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.

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

2008
low 800x600
Quadro FX 3700M:
55.6  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 3700M:
39.9  fps
high 1280x1024
Quadro FX 3700M:
19.1  fps
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 3700M:
39.2  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 3700M:
45.2  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
33.3  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
19.1  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
29.3  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
17.1  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
Quadro FX 1500M:
259  fps
146%
Quadro FX 1700M:
378  fps
med. 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 1500M:
143  fps
106%
Quadro FX 1700M:
152  fps
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1500M:
63  fps
94%
Quadro FX 1700M:
59  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
Quadro FX 1500M:
114.5  fps
med. 640x480
100%
Quadro FX 1500M:
113.6  fps
high 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 1500M:
113.9  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1500M:
109.3  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1500M:
380.7  fps
160%
Quadro FX 1700M:
610  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M → 127%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 94%

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 3700MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
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GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto55.639.919.13
Supreme Commander - FA Bench39.1745.15
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 3700MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
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