NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

The Nvidia Quadro FX 2700M is a professional graphics card for laptops. It features certified drivers that are optimized for CAD (e.g., AutoCad, Inventor, Solidstation, Solid Edge, ..), DCC (e.g., Maya, 3DS Max, Lightwave 3D, ...), and visualization applications. The FX 2700M is based on the G94 core and therefore similar to the GeForce 9700M GTS.

The Quadro FX series of cards are optimized for professional applications like CAD or DCC. Especially the OpenGL performance should be noticeable better than with consumer GeForce cards. The certified drivers, that come with the Quadro cards guarantee a frictionless work with applications like AutoCad, Inventor, Solidstation, Maya, 3DS Max, Lightwave 3d and others. Furthermore they offer 12-Bit precision for subpixels, fullscreen anti-aliasing, hardware accelerated antialiasing for points and lines and other CAD and DCC optimizations.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

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This is a highend workstation graphic chip (for CAD and 3D programs optimized) with DirectX 10 and good OpenGL support - probably based on the GeForce 8700M GT graphic card. It is intended for digital content creators, engineers, earthscientists and other professional 3D applications. Certified drivers grant thecorrect and faster (compared to 8700M) representation of professional programs (CAD, CCD, visualisation software).

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 2700M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

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

NB9E-GLM2

NB8P-GLM

n10m-glm

Architecture

G9x

G8x

GT2xx

Pipelines

48 - unified

32 - unified

16 - unified

Core Speed

530 MHz

625 MHz

Shader Speed

1325 MHz

1250 MHz

1530 MHz

Memory Speed

800 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

128 Bit

64 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

GDDR3, DDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

1024 MB

512 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0

DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1

Power Consumption

65 Watt

50 Watt

25 Watt

Transistors

504 Million

289 Million

260 Million

technology

65 nm

80 nm

40 nm

Features

OpenGL 2.1, PowerMizer 8.0, PureVideo HD

PureVideo, video scaling, LCDs with 1920x1200 pixel, PCI-Express, connection for ext. graphic card

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

Notebook Size

large

Date of Announcement

14.08.2008

01.06.2007

07.01.2010

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.com

Information

CG shading language, 32 bit floating point precision, 12 bit subpixel precision, 128 bit precision of the graphic pipeline, vertex and pixelshader programmability, PCI-E inferface, FSAA with turned grid, nView multidisplay support, high-precision dynamic-range (HPDR) technology, hardware 3D clipping, full screen antialiasing

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total

100%

¹ Quadro FX 2700M +

2799 Points (1%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M6400	T9600	Quadro FX 2700M	4 GB	2799

3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

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

100%

¹ Quadro FX 2700M +

2392 Points (1%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M6400	T9600	Quadro FX 2700M	4 GB	2392

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard

100%

¹ Quadro FX 2700M +

36280 Points (38%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	P8600	Quadro FX 2700M 530/1325 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	2 GB	36280

97%

¹ Quadro FX 1600M +

min: 27822 avg: 32843 median: 35198 (37%) max: 35509 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP Compaq 8710w	T7700	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	2 GB	27822
Dell Precision M6300	T9300	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.3 GB	3 GB	35198
HP Compaq 8710w	T9500	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	35509

3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard

100%

¹ Quadro FX 2700M +

min: 23330 avg: 23842 median: 23841.5 (12%) max: 24353 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	P8600	Quadro FX 2700M 530/1325 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	2 GB	23330
Dell Precision M6400	T9600	Quadro FX 2700M	4 GB	24353

67%

¹ Quadro FX 1600M +

min: 15060 avg: 16009 median: 15915 (8%) max: 17144 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
		Quadro FX 1600M		15060
HP Compaq 8710w	T9500	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	15216
HP Compaq 8710w	T7700	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	2 GB	16614
Dell Precision M6300	T9300	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.3 GB	3 GB	17144

3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard

100%

Quadro FX 2700M +

min: 13450 avg: 14224 median: 14224 (16%) max: 14998 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	P8600	Quadro FX 2700M 530/1325 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	2 GB	13450
Dell Precision M6400	T9600	Quadro FX 2700M	4 GB	14998

69%

Quadro FX 1600M +

min: 9344 avg: 9963 median: 9873 (11%) max: 10375 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	T7500	Quadro FX 1600M	4 GB	9344
		Quadro FX 1600M		9860
HP Compaq 8710w	T9500	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	9873
HP Compaq 8710w	T7700	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	2 GB	10362
Dell Precision M6300	T9300	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.3 GB	3 GB	10375

50%

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 2700M

3DMark 06

100%

Quadro FX 2700M +

7580 Points (10%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	P8600	Quadro FX 2700M 530/1325 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	2 GB	7580

3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

61%

Quadro FX 1600M +

min: 4535 avg: 4623 median: 4622.5 (6%) max: 4710 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	T7500	Quadro FX 1600M	4 GB	4535
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)		Quadro FX 1600M		4710

3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

49%

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 2700M

3DMark 06

100%

Quadro FX 2700M +

7660 Points (10%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Dell Precision M6400 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	T9600	Quadro FX 2700M	4 GB	7660

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

64%

Quadro FX 1600M +

min: 4798 avg: 4916 median: 4915.5 (6%) max: 5033 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
HP Compaq 8710w (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	T9500	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	4798
HP Compaq 8710w (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	T7700	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	2 GB	5033

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

48%

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

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

3DMark 06

100%

¹ Quadro FX 1600M +

5608 Points (7%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800
Dell Precision M6300 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	T9300	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.3 GB	3 GB	5608

Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)

100%

¹ Quadro FX 2700M +

4394 Points (3%)

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision M6400	T9600	Quadro FX 2700M	4 GB	4394

Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

111%

¹ Quadro FX 1600M +

min: 3899 avg: 4670 median: 4885 (3%) max: 5226 Points

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP Compaq 8710w	T7700	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	2 GB	3899
Dell Precision M6300	T9300	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.3 GB	3 GB	4885
HP Compaq 8710w	T9500	Quadro FX 1600M 625 / 800 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	5226

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M → 100% ⁿ⁼³

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M → 65% ⁿ⁼³

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M → 49% ⁿ⁼³

- 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.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007

Quadro FX 1600M:

83.2 84.2 ~ 84 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

31.5 33.3 ~ 32 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

13.6 14.4 15.9 ~ 15 fps

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007

Quadro FX 1600M:

12.7 72.2 73.1 ~ 53 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

23.5 29.6 ~ 27 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

13.2 15.6 ~ 14 fps

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007

Quadro FX 1600M:

36 37 ~ 37 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

21 23 ~ 22 fps

F.E.A.R.

2005

Quadro FX 1600M:

444 476 493 ~ 471 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

153 162 167 ~ 161 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

56 56 59 ~ 57 fps

Doom 3

2004

Quadro FX 1600M:

160.8 173.6 ~ 167 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

164.3 174 ~ 169 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

160.6 165 ~ 163 fps

Quadro FX 1600M:

129.1 129.2 ~ 129 fps

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999

Quadro FX 1600M:

549 fps

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
Crysis - GPU Benchmark							84	32	15
Crysis - CPU Benchmark							53	27	14
World in Conflict - Benchmark								37	22
F.E.A.R.							471	161	57
Doom 3							167	169	163	129
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo									549
	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M						NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M						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							< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps	1 1 2	1 2 2	3 1 2	1			< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps