Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 6850

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	692	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.90	no data
Power efficiency	2.80	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Barts	G84
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	21 October 2010 (15 years ago)	27 September 2008 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	960	32
Core clock speed	no data	520 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	127 Watt	42 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.20	8.320
Floating-point processing power	1.488 TFLOPS	0.06656 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	48	16
L1 Cache	192 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	32 KB

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).

Bus support	AGP	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	650 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	20.8 GB/s

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 October 2010	27 September 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	127 Watt	42 Watt

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