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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M

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 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 880M

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The NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M is a professional middle class graphics card for mobile workstations (about 15"). It is based on the GeForce GT 330M graphics card with slower clock rates and therefore is a DirectX 10.1 chip that is produced in 40nm. 

Due to a special BIOS and professional drivers, the FX 880M should perform noticeably better than a 330M in professional applications (like CAD, DCC, Rendering). Another advantage for professional users are the certified drivers that should ensure a bug free experience with the most common professional applications. Futhermore, the Quadro FX drivers contain profiles for these applications to ensure the best settings (similar to the game profiles in GeForce cards).

The Quadro FX 880M is also based on the GT216 core in 40nm. The shaders are based on the desktop GTX 200 architecture and therefore a bit improved compared to the previous generation cards.

Without load, the Quadro FX 880M is able to downclock to 135 / 270 / 135 MHz (chip / shader / memory clock).

The gaming performance of the FX 880M should be beyond the GT 330M, because of the different drivers. Gamers should choose a GeForce card because of the better game support.

The chip supports Optimus for automatic switching between dedicated and integrated graphics card (e.g. in the new Core i5 CPUs). Still Optimus was for example not integrated in the Lenovo Thinkpad W510.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
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
CodenameNB8P-GLMG71GLMN10P-GLM
ArchitectureG8xG7xGT2xx
Pipelines32 - unified20 / 7 Pixel- / Vertexshader48 - unified
Core Speed625 MHz375 MHz550 MHz
Shader Speed1250 MHz1210 MHz
Memory Speed800 MHz500 MHz790 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit256 Bit128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3GDDR3GDDR3, DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB512 MB1024 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Power Consumption50 Watt20 Watt35 Watt
Transistors289 Million278 Million
technology80 nm90 nm40 nm
FeaturesPureVideo, video scaling, LCDs with 1920x1200 pixel, PCI-Express, connection for ext. graphic card90nm
Notebook Sizelargelargemedium sized
Date of Announcement01.06.2007 18.04.2006 07.01.2010
InformationCG 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 antialiasingPCI-E, 90nm
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 2558     avg: 2643     median: 2638.5 (1%)     max: 2735 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 2128     avg: 2203     median: 2149.5 (1%)     max: 2385 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 27822     avg: 32843     median: 35198 (37%)     max: 35509 Points
26279 Points (27%)
min: 28169     avg: 32291     median: 33331 (35%)     max: 34331 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 15060     avg: 16009     median: 15915 (8%)     max: 17144 Points
min: 14650     avg: 15283     median: 15283 (8%)     max: 15916 Points
min: 18796     avg: 18980     median: 19002 (10%)     max: 19137 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 9344     avg: 9963     median: 9873 (11%)     max: 10375 Points
min: 6386     avg: 6666     median: 6400 (7%)     max: 7212 Points
min: 13154     avg: 13217     median: 13185 (14%)     max: 13298 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
3DMark 06
min: 4535     avg: 4623     median: 4622.5 (6%)     max: 4710 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
min: 3900     avg: 3903     median: 3903 (5%)     max: 3906 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
3DMark 06
min: 4798     avg: 4916     median: 4915.5 (6%)     max: 5033 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
4074 Points (5%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
min: 6366     avg: 6401     median: 6378 (8%)     max: 6473 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
3DMark 06
5608 Points (7%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
3DMark 06
6392 Points (8%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3dsmax
47.8 Points (99%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia
47.6 Points (100%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya
60.1 Points (32%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks
58 Points (86%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter
24.4 Points (63%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 9.18     avg: 9.7     median: 9.7 (6%)     max: 10.27 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 11.04     avg: 11.2     median: 11.2 (6%)     max: 11.32 fps
specvp11 sw-02 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 7.56     avg: 16     median: 16 (12%)     max: 24.45 fps
specvp11 proe-05 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 4.28     avg: 5.2     median: 5.2 (6%)     max: 6.21 fps
specvp11 maya-03 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 6.94     avg: 8     median: 8 (6%)     max: 9.09 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 9.81     avg: 23.8     median: 23.8 (26%)     max: 37.84 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 10     avg: 10.3     median: 10.3 (5%)     max: 10.59 fps
specvp11 catia-03 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
min: 8.63     avg: 12.3     median: 12.3 (6%)     max: 15.92 fps
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
6.4 Points (81%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
6.4 Points (81%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3899     avg: 4670     median: 4885 (3%)     max: 5226 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
min: 4809     avg: 4886     median: 4846 (3%)     max: 5002 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 15.84     avg: 16     median: 16 (6%)     max: 16.14 fps

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M → 80% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M → 119% n=4

- 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.

Fifa 11

Fifa 11

2010
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
129.2  fps
high 1360x768
Quadro FX 880M:
90.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro FX 880M:
50.4  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
155  fps
med. 1360x768
Quadro FX 880M:
42  fps
high 1360x768
Quadro FX 880M:
29  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro FX 880M:
12  fps
low 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
58.8  fps
med. 1366x768
Quadro FX 880M:
30.4  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro FX 880M:
16.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro FX 880M:
9.7  fps
low 800x600
Quadro FX 880M:
124.1  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
42.2  fps
high 1366x768
Quadro FX 880M:
35.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro FX 880M:
21  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
Quadro FX 880M:
75.4  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
29.8 33.4 ~ 32 fps
high 1366x768
Quadro FX 880M:
18.2 20.6 ~ 19 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro FX 880M:
12.7  fps
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
low 800x600
Quadro FX 880M:
79.3  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
45.7 47.8 ~ 47 fps
high 1360x768
Quadro FX 880M:
20 39 ~ 30 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro FX 880M:
12.8  fps
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
59.7 60 131 147.3 ~ 100 fps
ultra 1280x1024
Quadro FX 880M:
19 19.1 20.5 23 ~ 20 fps
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
Quadro FX 880M:
179.6  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
65.9  fps
high 1280x1024
Quadro FX 880M:
42.3  fps
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
low 640x480
Quadro FX 880M:
93.3  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
32.4  fps
Racedriver: GRID

Racedriver: GRID

2008
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
48.7  fps
high 1280x1024
Quadro FX 880M:
28.9  fps
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
low 800x600
Quadro FX 880M:
225.7  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
60  fps
high 1280x1024
Quadro FX 880M:
59.9  fps
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
29.9  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 880M:
28.2  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
83.2 84.2 ~ 84 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
31.5 33.3 ~ 32 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
13.6 14.4 15.9 ~ 15 fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
12.7 72.2 73.1 ~ 53 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
23.5 29.6 ~ 27 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
13.2 15.6 ~ 14 fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
36 37 ~ 37 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
21 23 ~ 22 fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
444 476 493 ~ 471 fps
55%
Quadro FX 1500M:
259  fps
med. 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
153 162 167 ~ 161 fps
89%
Quadro FX 1500M:
143  fps
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
56 56 59 ~ 57 fps
111%
Quadro FX 1500M:
63  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
160.8 173.6 ~ 167 fps
69%
Quadro FX 1500M:
114.5  fps
med. 640x480
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
164.3 174 ~ 169 fps
67%
Quadro FX 1500M:
113.6  fps
high 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
160.6 165 ~ 163 fps
70%
Quadro FX 1500M:
113.9  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
129.1 129.2 ~ 129 fps
85%
Quadro FX 1500M:
109.3  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 1600M:
549  fps
69%
Quadro FX 1500M:
380.7  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M → 77%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 111%

NVIDIA Quadro FX 880Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Fifa 11129.290.550.4
StarCraft 2155422912
Battlefield: Bad Company 258.830.416.19.7
CoD Modern Warfare 2124.142.235.421
Risen75.4321912.7
Colin McRae: DIRT 279.3473012.8
Anno 140410020
F.E.A.R. 2179.665.942.3
Far Cry 293.332.39
Racedriver: GRID48.728.9
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare225.76059.9
Supreme Commander - FA Bench29.9228.18
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Crysis - GPU Benchmark843215
Crysis - CPU Benchmark532714
World in Conflict - Benchmark3722
F.E.A.R.47116157
Doom 3167169163129
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo549
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Doom 3114.5113.6113.9109.3
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo380.7
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