RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation vs Quadro FX 1700M

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNB9P-GLMAD107
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date1 October 2008 (15 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)

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 cores322048
Core clock speed625 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors314 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate10.00129.6
Floating-point processing power0.0992 gflopsno data
ROPs832
TMUs1664

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 4.0 x8

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s128.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation has an age advantage of 15 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1200% more advanced lithography process, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1700M and RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 1700M is a mobile workstation card while RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
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