Quadro FX 3700 vs FirePro D700

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D700 and Quadro FX 3700, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro D700
2014
6 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
14.03
+1332%

D700 outperforms FX 3700 by a whopping 1332% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3711113
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiency3.510.86
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTahitiG92
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)8 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2048112
Core clock speed850 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt78 Watt
Texture fill rate108.828.00
Floating-point processing power3.482 TFLOPS0.28 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12856

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length279 mm267 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 amount6 GB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1370 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth263.0 GB/s51.2 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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.03 0.98
Recency 18 January 2014 8 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 78 Watt

FirePro D700 has a 1331.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

FX 3700, on the other hand, has 251.3% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3700 in performance tests.


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