Quadro FX 1700M vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	382	not rated
Place by popularity	89	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.57	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	GP107B	NB9P-GLM
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	1 October 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	$256	$69

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	32
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.72	10.00
Floating-point performance	no data	99.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and Quadro FX 1700M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
SLI options	-	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDCP	2.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	no data
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 January 2017	1 October 2008
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt

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