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NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M

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 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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M

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The Quadro FX 770M is a professional midrange graphics adapter for laptops / mobile workstations. The GPU is optimized for professional 2D and 3D applications like CAD, DCC, and visualization software. The FX770M solutions contains certified graphics drivers for the most popular applications.

The GPU chip of the Quadro FX770M is based on the GeForce 9600M GT consumer card for notebooks. Therefore, the Quadro has the same features (like the PureVideo HD video-processor) as the 9600M GT.

The performance of the card should be compareable to the 9600M GT. Still some games may run slower, as the drivers are optimized for applications and OpenGL. Especially the OpenGL performance is way better than with an 9600M GT. The Cinebench R10 OpenGL test shows up to twize the performance with a FX 770M compared to a GeForce 9600M GT.

As all cards of the GeForce 9000M series, the 770M support CUDA.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 880MNVIDIA Quadro FX 380MNVIDIA Quadro FX 770M
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
CodenameN10P-GLMn10m-glmNB9P-GLM
ArchitectureGT2xxGT2xxG9x
Pipelines48 - unified16 - unified32 - unified
Core Speed550 MHz625 MHz500 MHz
Shader Speed1210 MHz1530 MHz1250 MHz
Memory Speed790 MHz800 MHz800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit64 Bit128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3, DDR3GDDR3, DDR3GDDR2 / GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB512 MB512 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consumption35 Watt25 Watt35 Watt
technology40 nm40 nm65 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Date of Announcement07.01.2010 07.01.2010 14.08.2008
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.com
Transistors260 Million314 Million
FeaturesDirectX Compute Support (Windows 7), CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL 2.1, certified drivers OpenGL 2.1, PowerMizer 8.0, 12-Bit subpixel precision, 128 Bit graphics pipeline precision

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: 28169     avg: 32291     median: 33331 (35%)     max: 34331 Points
34871 Points (36%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 18796     avg: 18980     median: 19002 (10%)     max: 19137 Points
17192 Points (9%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 13154     avg: 13217     median: 13185 (14%)     max: 13298 Points
7095 Points (8%)
11161 Points (12%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
3DMark 06
min: 6366     avg: 6401     median: 6378 (8%)     max: 6473 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
3687 Points (5%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M
min: 5230     avg: 5297     median: 5296.5 (7%)     max: 5363 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
3DMark 06
6392 Points (8%)
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
3DMark 06
3690 Points (5%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3dsmax
47.8 Points (99%)
33.1 Points (69%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia
47.6 Points (100%)
40.1 Points (84%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya
60.1 Points (32%)
85.1 Points (46%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks
58 Points (86%)
55 Points (81%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter
24.4 Points (63%)
19 Points (49%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - EnSight
31.7 Points (67%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Pro/Engeneer
36.1 Points (71%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS NX
17.5 Points (36%)
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 880M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 4809     avg: 4886     median: 4846 (3%)     max: 5002 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M
6180 Points (4%)
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 880M → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M → 56% n=2

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M → 84% 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.

Fifa 11

Fifa 11

2010
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
129.2  fps
high 1360x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
90.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
50.4  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
155  fps
med. 1360x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
42  fps
high 1360x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
29  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
12  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
58.8  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
30.4  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
16.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
9.7  fps
low 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
124.1  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
42.2  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
35.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
21  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
75.4  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
29.8 33.4 ~ 32 fps
high 1366x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
18.2 20.6 ~ 19 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
12.7  fps
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
79.3  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
45.7 47.8 ~ 47 fps
high 1360x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
20 39 ~ 30 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
12.8  fps
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

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

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
179.6  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
65.9  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
42.3  fps
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
low 640x480
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
93.3  fps
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
32.4  fps
Racedriver: GRID

Racedriver: GRID

2008
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
48.7  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
28.9  fps
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
low 800x600
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
225.7  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
60  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
59.9  fps
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
med. 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
29.9  fps
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro FX 880M:
28.2  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
Quadro FX 770M:
94.2  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 770M:
39  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 770M:
19.5  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
Quadro FX 770M:
84.7  fps
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 770M:
35.4  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 770M:
18.1  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
Quadro FX 770M:
165.2  fps
med. 640x480
Quadro FX 770M:
171.3  fps
high 800x600
Quadro FX 770M:
158.7  fps
ultra 1024x768
Quadro FX 770M:
126.1  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

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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< 120 fps
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Crysis - GPU Benchmark94.23919.5
Crysis - CPU Benchmark84.735.418.1
Doom 3165.2171.3158.7126.1
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