ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View vs Quadro FX 1700

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1237not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.77no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG84RV620
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 September 2007 (17 years ago)2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

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 cores3240
Core clock speed460 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors289 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)42 Watt32 Watt
Texture fill rate7.3601.600
Floating-point processing power0.05888 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs164

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 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm170 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 typeDDR2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz800 MBps
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s6.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video2x VHDCI

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 42 Watt 32 Watt

FX 1700 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI 2450 Multi-View, on the other hand, has a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 31.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1700 and FirePro 2450 Multi-View. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
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