ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

What is the difference between ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

R600GPU NameG84
TeraScaleArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
80 nmProcess Size80 nm
720 millionTransistors289 million
420 mm²Die Size169 mm²

Graphics Card

Nov 6th, 2007Release DateSep 12th, 2007
Radeon R600
(HD 2900)
FamilyQuadro FX
(x700)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeDDR2
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
51.20 GB/sBandwidth25.60 GB/s

Performance

7.212 GPixel/sPixel fillrate3.680 GPixel/s
7.212 GTexel/sTexture fillrate7.360 GTexel/s
288.5 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance58.88 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
601 MHzGPU Clock460 MHz

Render Config

240Shading Units32
12TMUs16
12ROPs8
128 KBL2 Cache64 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
150 WThermal design power (TDP)42 W
450 WSuggested PSU200 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x 8-pinPower ConnectorsNone
B002Board NumberP588

API support

10.0 (10_0)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
3.3 (full)
4.0 (partial)
OpenGL3.3
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model4.0