FX 1500M vs FX 1600M

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureG8x (2007−2008)G7x (2005−2007)
GPU code nameNB8P-GLMG71GLM
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date1 June 2007 (16 years old)18 April 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$149.90 no data
Current price$212 (1.4x MSRP)$69

Technical specs

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 cores32no data
Core clock speed625 MHz7 MHz
Boost clock speedno data375 MHz
Number of transistors289 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate10.009.000
Floating-point performance80 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro FX 1600M and Quadro FX 1500M 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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-HEMXM-II

Memory

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 typeGDDR3256
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit500 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s32 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 1600M 131
FX 1500M 171
+30.5%

FX 1500M outperforms FX 1600M by 31% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 June 2007 18 April 2006
Chip lithography 80 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 20 Watt

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