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NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

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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 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 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 2700MNVIDIA Quadro FX 3700MNVIDIA 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
CodenameNB9E-GLM2NB9E-GLM3G71GLM
ArchitectureG9xG9xG7x
Pipelines48 - unified128 - unified20 / 7 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed530 MHz550 MHz375 MHz
Shader Speed1325 MHz1375 MHz
Memory Speed800 MHz800 MHz500 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit256 Bit256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3GDDR3GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB1024 MB512 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0
Power Consumption65 Watt75 Watt20 Watt
Transistors504 Million754 Million278 Million
technology65 nm65 nm90 nm
FeaturesOpenGL 2.1, PowerMizer 8.0, PureVideo HDOpenGL 2.1, CUDA, PowerMizer 8.090nm
Notebook Sizelargelargelarge
Date of Announcement14.08.2008 14.08.2008 18.04.2006
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.de
InformationPCI-E, 90nm

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
2799 Points (1%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
5053 Points (1%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
2392 Points (1%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
4326 Points (2%)
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
36280 Points (38%)
26279 Points (27%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 23330     avg: 23842     median: 23841.5 (12%)     max: 24353 Points
min: 14650     avg: 15283     median: 15283 (8%)     max: 15916 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 13450     avg: 14224     median: 14224 (16%)     max: 14998 Points
15759 Points (17%)
min: 6386     avg: 6666     median: 6400 (7%)     max: 7212 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
3DMark 06
7580 Points (10%)
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 2700M
3DMark 06
7660 Points (10%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
min: 10430     avg: 10847     median: 11000 (14%)     max: 11111 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
4074 Points (5%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3dsmax
25.5 Points (53%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia
32 Points (67%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - EnSight
34.6 Points (73%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya
59.6 Points (32%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Pro/Engeneer
29.8 Points (58%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks
54.6 Points (81%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter
22 Points (57%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS NX
26.4 Points (54%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
4394 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
4481 Points (3%)
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 2700M → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M → 127% n=2

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M → 49% n=2

- 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

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
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
Quadro FX 1500M:
259  fps
med. 800x600
Quadro FX 1500M:
143  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 1500M:
63  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

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

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 1500M:
380.7  fps
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto55.639.919.13
Supreme Commander - FA Bench39.1745.15
< 30 fps
< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps

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F.E.A.R.25914363
Doom 3114.5113.6113.9109.3
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo380.7
< 30 fps
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