GeForce 705A vs Quadro FX 1700

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG84GF119
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date12 September 2007 (17 years ago)1 October 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3248
Core clock speed460 MHz738 MHz
Number of transistors289 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)42 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate7.3605.904
Floating-point processing power0.05888 TFLOPS0.1417 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs168

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s14.4 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.12.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 September 2007 1 October 2013
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 42 Watt 15 Watt

GeForce 705A has an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 180% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1700 and GeForce 705A. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 1700 is a workstation card while GeForce 705A is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
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