ATI Mobility Radeon X700 vs Quadro FX 1800M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1099 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.01 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | R400 (2004−2008) |
| GPU code name | GT215 | M26 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 June 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 March 2005 (20 years 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 cores | 72 | 14 |
| Core clock speed | 561 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 727 million | 120 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 13.46 | 2.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.162 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | no data |
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 size | medium sized | medium sized |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 550 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 35.2 GB/s | 9.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 9.0b (9_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 June 2009 | 1 March 2005 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 110 nm |
FX 1800M has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1800M and Mobility Radeon X700. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 1800M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon X700 is a mobile workstation one.
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