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PCI Express
  Entry Mid-Range High-End Ultra High-End
Board Features NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 Low Profile NVIDIA Quadro FX 470 4 NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
Memory Size 256MB DDR2 256MB DDR2 n/a 256MB DDR2 512MB DDR2 512MB GDDR3 768MB GDDR3 1GB GDDR3 per GPU 1.5GB GDDR3 1.5GB GDDR3 4GB GDDR3
Memory Interface 64-bit 64-bit 128-bit 128-bit 128-bit 256-bit 384-bit 256-bit 384-bit 384-bit 512-bit
Memory Bandwidth 6.4 GB/sec. 8 GB/sec. 12.8 GB/sec. 12.8 GB/sec. 12.8 GB/sec. 51.2 GB/sec. 67.2 GB/sec. 51.2 GB/sec. 76.8 GB/sec. 76.8 GB/sec. 102 GB/sec.
CUDA™ Parallel Processor Cores 16 8 16 16 32 112 112 128 per GPU (total 256) 192 128 240
Max Power Consumption 35W 25W 30W5 38W 42W 78W 134W 226W 150W 171W 189W
Number of Slots 1 1 n/a 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Display Connectors DVI-I
DVI-I		 DMS-59 DVI-I
DVI-I		 DVI-I
DVI-I		 DVI-I
DVI-I
HD-OUT		 DVI-I
DVI-I
STEREO		 DVI-I
DVI-I
STEREO		 DVI-I
DVI-I
STEREO		 DVI-I
DP
DP
STEREO		 DVI-I
DVI-I
STEREO		 DVI-I
DVI-I
DP
STEREO
Dual-Link DVI 1   1 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 2
Single-link DVI-I   2                  
DisplayPort                 2   1
OpenGL 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.0 2.1 3.0
Shader Model 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
DirectX 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
CUDA™ enabled Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
SLI Frame Rendering Support - - - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Genlock/Framelock - - - - - - Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
3D Primitive Perf
Triangles per Second 66 Million 90.4 Million 97.2 Million 137 Million 191 Million 250 Million 250 Million 250 Million 300 Million 300 Million 300 Million
Texels per Second/Fill Rate 2.88 Billion 4.32 Billion 4.64 Billion 3.68 Billion 7.36 Billion 28.0 Billion 24.0 Billion 32 Billion 38.4 Billion 38.4 Billion 52 Billion
3D Application Performance2
3dsmax-04 32.69 32.21 35.81 37.07 42.73 44.13 44.19 42.99³ 44.15 44.15 N/A
catia-02 37.80 35.01 30.21 47.36 50.13 54.35 54.40 55.39³ 56.52 56.52 N/A
ensight-03 18.52 21.52 19.97 27.98 31.08 45.44 45.25 71.53³ 50.54 50.54 N/A
maya-02 64.13 63.77 81.44 97.22 135.19 198.05 197.21 238.02³ 227.06 227.06 N/A
proe-04 32.75 33.71 32.79 38.81 47.66 52.76 52.73 44.65³ 54.37 54.37 N/A
sw-01 39.52 43.52 45.24 52.14 67.32 92.26 94.14 75.42³ 99.17 99.17 N/A
tcvis-01 9.52 8.37 10.54 12.76 18.24 25.99 24.66 37.38³ 28.89 28.89 N/A
ugnx-01 10.25 9.75 12.42 13.14 19.84 28.23 27.05 55.44³ 32.06 32.06 N/A
1NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync is available as a separate option card for NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800, 5600, 4700 X2, 4800, and 4600. Additional information available here.
2SPECviewperf® 10: for more information visit www.spec.org. Tested on 3 GHz Quad Core Xeon®, Driver Release rel 175+
3NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 AFR turned on.
4NVIDIA Quadro FX 470 is a motherboard solution--not available as a discrete add-in graphics board.
5Discrete Quadro cards do not include chipset power (about 30W). Quadro FX 470 power includes Quadro GPU + chipset power.

  NVIDIA® Quadro® FX Mobile
Entry MidRange High End
GRAPHICS FEATURES NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
Mobile Platform Generation Centrino Centrino 2 Centrino Centrino 2 Centrino Centrino 2 Centrino 2 Centrino Centrino 2
CUDA Parallel Processor Cores 16 8 32 32 32 32 48 64 128
Memory Size Up to 256MB Up to 256MB Up to 256MB Up to 512MB Up to 512MB Up to 512MB Up to 512MB Up to 512MB Up to 1GB
Memory Type GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3 GDDR3
Memory Interface 64-bit 64-bit 128-bit 128-bit 128-bit 128-bit 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth 9.6GB/sec. 9.6GB/sec. 22.4GB/sec. 25.6GB/sec. 25.6GB/sec. 25.6GB/sec. 51.2GB/sec. 51.2GB/sec. 51.2GB/sec.
Platform Form factor 14.1 14.1 14.1            
    15.4 15.4 15.4 15.4      
        17   17 17 17
Max Power Consumption (Graphics Sub-System) Up to 17W Up to 20W Up to 35W Up to 35W Up to 50W Up to 50W Up to 65W Up to 70W Up to 75W
OpenGL 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1
Shader Model 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
DirectX 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
CUDA™ enabled Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
PowerMizer Power Management 7.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 8.0

Mobile Workstation performance and display support will vary by OEM; please see www.spec.org for details.