NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

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 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 2500M

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This is a professional video card for notebooks from NVidia It is based on 7900GTX.

The application performance is very good due to special professional drivers (3D rendering, CAD), but the gaming performance is weaker. With modded drivers, it should work like a 7900 GTX.

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

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

NB9E-GLM3

G71glm

Architecture

G7x

G9x

G7x

Pipelines

20 / 7 Pixel- / Vertexshader

128 - unified

24 / 8 Pixel- / Vertexshader

Core Speed

375 MHz

550 MHz

500 MHz

Memory Speed

500 MHz

800 MHz

600 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

512 MB

1024 MB

512 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0

DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0

Power Consumption

20 Watt

75 Watt

45 Watt

Transistors

278 Million

754 Million

278 Million

technology

90 nm

65 nm

90 nm

Features

90nm

OpenGL 2.1, CUDA, PowerMizer 8.0

90nm

Notebook Size

large

Date of Announcement

18.04.2006

14.08.2008

29.09.2005

Information

PCI-E, 90nm

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.de

www.nvidia.com

www.nvidia.de

Shader Speed

1375 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

5053 Points (1%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	5053

3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

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

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

4326 Points (2%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	4326

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

105%

¹ Quadro FX 2500M +

27600 Points (29%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	T2600	Quadro FX 2500M 0.5 GB		27600

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

120%

¹ Quadro FX 2500M +

min: 18100 avg: 18342 median: 18341.5 (10%) max: 18583 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	T2600	Quadro FX 2500M 0.5 GB		18100
		Quadro FX 2500M		18583

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

246%

Quadro FX 3700M +

15759 Points (17%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	15759

132%

Quadro FX 2500M +

min: 8400 avg: 8450 median: 8450 (9%) max: 8500 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
		Quadro FX 2500M		8400
	T2600	Quadro FX 2500M 0.5 GB		8500

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 2500M

120%

¹ Quadro FX 2500M +

min: 4690 avg: 4695 median: 4695 (6%) max: 4700 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)		Quadro FX 2500M	4690
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	T2600	Quadro FX 2500M 0.5 GB	4700

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 3700M

270%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

min: 10430 avg: 10847 median: 11000 (14%) max: 11111 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
(3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	T9600	Quadro FX 3700M 1 GB	4 GB	10430
(3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M	4 GB	11000
Lenovo Thinkpad W700 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	11111

SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3dsmax

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

25.5 Points (53%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	25.54

SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

32 Points (67%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	31.96

SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - EnSight

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

34.6 Points (73%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	34.58

SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

59.6 Points (32%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	59.6

SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Pro/Engeneer

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

29.8 Points (58%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	29.77

SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

54.6 Points (81%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	54.6

SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

22 Points (57%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	22.04

SPECviewperf 10 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS NX

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

26.4 Points (54%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	26.35

Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

4481 Points (3%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W700	QX9300	Quadro FX 3700M 550 / 799 MHz 1 GB	4 GB	4481

Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

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

100%

¹ Quadro FX 3700M +

29.8 fps (10%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Sager 9260	Q9550	Quadro FX 3700M		29.77

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

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

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M → 132% 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.

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

2008

Quadro FX 3700M:

55.6 fps

Quadro FX 3700M:

39.9 fps

Quadro FX 3700M:

19.1 fps

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007

Quadro FX 3700M:

39.2 fps

Quadro FX 3700M:

45.2 fps

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 3700M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto							55.6	39.9	19.13
Supreme Commander - FA Bench								39.17	45.15
	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
	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							< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps	1	2	1 1				< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps