Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition vs ATI FirePro V4800

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRedwoodG84
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date26 April 2010 (15 years ago)27 September 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189 $699

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 cores40032
Core clock speed775 MHz520 MHz
Number of transistors627 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)69 Watt42 Watt
Texture fill rate15.508.320
Floating-point processing power0.62 TFLOPS0.06656 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs2016

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 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length168 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz650 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s20.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 April 2010 27 September 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 69 Watt 42 Watt

ATI V4800 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

FX 1700 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 64.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro V4800 and Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

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