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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

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 3800M

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The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M is a mobile workstation graphics card for high end laptops. It is based on the Geforce GTX 280M core (G92 core) and features 128 CUDA cores (unified shaders).

Compared to the Quadro FX 3700M, the Quadro FX 3800M features a higher clock speed and is manufacturered in 55nm (compared to 65nm of the 3700M). In fact, the FX3800M is clocked even higher than the consumer GeForce GTX 280M and performs notably better as a result.

The Quadro FX series of cards are optimized for professional applications like CAD or DCC. Notably, OpenGL performance should be much improved compared to  consumer GeForce cards of similar specifications.

At the time its announcement (December 2009), the FX 3800M was the fastest workstation graphics card for laptops.

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).

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600MNVIDIA Quadro FX 3800MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
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-GLMN10E-GLM4G71GLM
ArchitectureG8xG9xG7x
Pipelines32 - unified128 - unified20 / 7 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed625 MHz675 MHz375 MHz
Shader Speed1250 MHz1688 MHz
Memory Speed800 MHz1000 MHz500 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit256 Bit256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3GDDR3GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB1024 MB512 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0
Power Consumption50 Watt100 Watt20 Watt
Transistors289 Million754 Million278 Million
technology80 nm55 nm90 nm
FeaturesPureVideo, video scaling, LCDs with 1920x1200 pixel, PCI-Express, connection for ext. graphic cardOpenGL 2.1, CUDA, PowerMizer 8.090nm
Notebook Sizelargelargelarge
Date of Announcement01.06.2007 20.12.2009 18.04.2006
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 Pagehttp://www.nvidia.com/page/nb_chipset.htmlhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/product_qua...http://www.nvidia.de/page/quadrofx_go.html

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 6584     avg: 6951     median: 6779 (2%)     max: 7491 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 5758     avg: 5926     median: 6002 (3%)     max: 6019 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 27822     avg: 32843     median: 35198 (37%)     max: 35509 Points
min: 32886     avg: 34790     median: 34790 (36%)     max: 36694 Points
26279 Points (27%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 15060     avg: 16009     median: 15915 (8%)     max: 17144 Points
min: 33146     avg: 37082     median: 38191 (20%)     max: 39909 Points
min: 14650     avg: 15283     median: 15283 (8%)     max: 15916 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 9344     avg: 9963     median: 9873 (11%)     max: 10375 Points
min: 16593     avg: 18199     median: 18043 (20%)     max: 19960 Points
min: 6386     avg: 6666     median: 6400 (7%)     max: 7212 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 3800M
13232 Points (18%)
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 (7%)     max: 5033 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
min: 12050     avg: 12765     median: 12923 (18%)     max: 13323 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
4074 Points (6%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
3DMark 06
5608 Points (8%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3dsmax
32.8 Points (68%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia
45.8 Points (96%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - EnSight
47.4 Points (100%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya
59.7 Points (32%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Pro/Engeneer
51.1 Points (100%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks
59.7 Points (88%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter
38.5 Points (100%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS NX
35.3 Points (72%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
18.8 fps (13%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
18.7 fps (31%)
specvp11 sw-02 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
30.6 fps (37%)
specvp11 proe-05 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
6.9 fps (29%)
specvp11 maya-03 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
16.6 fps (12%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
38.4 fps (41%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
16.2 fps (8%)
specvp11 catia-03 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
23.4 fps (28%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
6.9 Points (87%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
6.9 Points (87%)
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 3800M
min: 4429     avg: 4928     median: 4928 (4%)     max: 5427 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 32.07     avg: 32.7     median: 32.7 (12%)     max: 33.29 fps

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M → 100% n=5

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M → 214% n=5

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M → 81% n=5

- 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 3800M:
230.6  fps
high 1360x768
Quadro FX 3800M:
124.2  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 3800M:
64.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro FX 3800M:
31.8  fps
Need for Speed Shift

Need for Speed Shift

2009
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 3800M:
78.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro FX 3800M:
40.9  fps
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
low 800x600
Quadro FX 3800M:
97  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 3800M:
82  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Quadro FX 3800M:
29.9  fps
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
Quadro FX 3800M:
142.8  fps
ultra 1280x1024
Quadro FX 3800M:
61.9  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%

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

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