GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile vs Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated126
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.58
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG84GA104
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date27 September 2008 (16 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

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 cores325120
Core clock speed520 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1560 MHz
Number of transistors289 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)42 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate8.320249.6
Floating-point processing power0.06656 TFLOPS15.97 TFLOPS
ROPs880
TMUs16160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed650 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth20.8 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 September 2008 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 42 Watt 125 Watt

FX 1700 Mac Edition has 197.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition
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