NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
NVIDIA graphics card specifications and benchmark scores
At a Glance
NVIDIANVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 Specifications
Quadro FX 4700 X2 GPU Core
Shader units and compute resources
The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 GPU core specifications define its raw processing power for graphics and compute workloads. Shading units (also called CUDA cores, stream processors, or execution units depending on manufacturer) handle the parallel calculations required for rendering. TMUs (Texture Mapping Units) process texture data, while ROPs (Render Output Units) handle final pixel output. Higher shader counts generally translate to better GPU benchmark performance, especially in demanding games and 3D applications.
Quadro FX 4700 X2 Clock Speeds
GPU and memory frequencies
Clock speeds directly impact the Quadro FX 4700 X2's performance in GPU benchmarks and real-world gaming. The base clock represents the minimum guaranteed frequency, while the boost clock indicates peak performance under optimal thermal conditions. Memory clock speed affects texture loading and frame buffer operations. The Quadro FX 4700 X2 by NVIDIA dynamically adjusts frequencies based on workload, temperature, and power limits to maximize performance while maintaining stability.
NVIDIA's Quadro FX 4700 X2 Memory
VRAM capacity and bandwidth
VRAM (Video RAM) is dedicated memory for storing textures, frame buffers, and shader data. The Quadro FX 4700 X2's memory capacity determines how well it handles high-resolution textures and multiple displays. Memory bandwidth, measured in GB/s, affects how quickly data moves between the GPU and VRAM. Higher bandwidth improves performance in memory-intensive scenarios like 4K gaming. The memory bus width and type (GDDR6, GDDR6X, HBM) significantly influence overall GPU benchmark scores.
Quadro FX 4700 X2 by NVIDIA Cache
On-chip cache hierarchy
On-chip cache provides ultra-fast data access for the Quadro FX 4700 X2, reducing the need to fetch data from slower VRAM. L1 and L2 caches store frequently accessed data close to the compute units. AMD's Infinity Cache (L3) dramatically increases effective bandwidth, improving GPU benchmark performance without requiring wider memory buses. Larger cache sizes help maintain high frame rates in memory-bound scenarios and reduce power consumption by minimizing VRAM accesses.
Quadro FX 4700 X2 Theoretical Performance
Compute and fill rates
Theoretical performance metrics provide a baseline for comparing the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 against other graphics cards. FP32 (single-precision) performance, measured in TFLOPS, indicates compute capability for gaming and general GPU workloads. FP64 (double-precision) matters for scientific computing. Pixel and texture fill rates determine how quickly the GPU can render complex scenes. While real-world GPU benchmark results depend on many factors, these specifications help predict relative performance levels.
Tesla Architecture & Process
Manufacturing and design details
The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 is built on NVIDIA's Tesla architecture, which defines how the GPU processes graphics and compute workloads. The manufacturing process node affects power efficiency, thermal characteristics, and maximum clock speeds. Smaller process nodes pack more transistors into the same die area, enabling higher performance per watt. Understanding the architecture helps predict how the Quadro FX 4700 X2 will perform in GPU benchmarks compared to previous generations.
NVIDIA's Quadro FX 4700 X2 Power & Thermal
TDP and power requirements
Power specifications for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 determine PSU requirements and thermal management needs. TDP (Thermal Design Power) indicates the heat output under typical loads, guiding cooler selection. Power connector requirements ensure adequate power delivery for stable operation during demanding GPU benchmarks. The suggested PSU wattage accounts for the entire system, not just the graphics card. Efficient power delivery enables the Quadro FX 4700 X2 to maintain boost clocks without throttling.
Quadro FX 4700 X2 by NVIDIA Physical & Connectivity
Dimensions and outputs
Physical dimensions of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 are critical for case compatibility. Card length, height, and slot width determine whether it fits in your chassis. The PCIe interface version affects bandwidth for communication with the CPU. Display outputs define monitor connectivity options, with modern cards supporting multiple high-resolution displays simultaneously. Verify these specifications against your case and motherboard before purchasing to ensure a proper fit.
NVIDIA API Support
Graphics and compute APIs
API support determines which games and applications can fully utilize the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2. DirectX 12 Ultimate enables advanced features like ray tracing and variable rate shading. Vulkan provides cross-platform graphics capabilities with low-level hardware access. OpenGL remains important for professional applications and older games. CUDA (NVIDIA) and OpenCL enable GPU compute for video editing, 3D rendering, and scientific applications. Higher API versions unlock newer graphical features in GPU benchmarks and games.
Quadro FX 4700 X2 Product Information
Release and pricing details
The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 is manufactured by NVIDIA as part of their graphics card lineup. Release date and launch pricing provide context for comparing GPU benchmark results with competing products from the same era. Understanding the product lifecycle helps evaluate whether the Quadro FX 4700 X2 by NVIDIA represents good value at current market prices. Predecessor and successor information aids in tracking generational improvements and planning future upgrades.
Quadro FX 4700 X2 Benchmark Scores
No benchmark data available for this GPU.
About NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 is a dual-GPU professional workstation card built on the Tesla architecture with 754 million transistors on a 65 nm process at TSMC. Its benchmark percentile places it at the 50th percentile against all GPUs, indicating a mid-pack legacy performer that, while long superseded, retains specific utility for older professional workflows. With 128 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 16 ROPs, the card delivers 384.0 GFLOPS of FP32 performance, a figure that defines its capability ceiling for modern applications.
Who Should Consider It
The Quadro FX 4700 X2 is strictly for legacy workstation environments where software certification and driver stability for outdated CAD or DCC applications matter more than raw speed. Benchmark results indicate a 50th percentile standing, meaning half of all GPUs in the database outperform it; this is a card for running older OpenGL 3.3 applications, not for current-generation workloads. At a 9.600 GPixel/s pixel rate and 38.40 GTexel/s texture rate, the card can handle 1080p or lower resolutions in older titles, but it will struggle with modern high-resolution textures or complex geometry. For 2D professional tasks or basic 3D viewport manipulation in software from its 2008 era, the dual-GPU design offers acceptable responsiveness, but users should not expect playable frame rates in any recent game at high settings. The 1024 MB GDDR3 memory capacity is the absolute minimum for Windows 10/11 desktop usage, so this card is best suited for secondary display output or a dedicated machine running legacy operating systems and applications. Given its end-of-life production status and the absence of any benchmark scores in the database, the data suggests this is a collector's item or a functional artifact rather than a practical daily driver for any modern resolution or settings target.
How It Compares
The FACT PACK provides no nearest rival data, and the benchmark array is empty, so there are no direct comparative deltas to report against other specific models in the database. The percentileVsAllGpus field of 50 serves as the sole positional reference, indicating an exact median placement in the overall performance distribution. Without rival scores, any claims about outperforming or lagging behind specific cards would be unsubstantiated speculation. The card's architecture—Tesla on a 65 nm node—is the only contextual anchor, placing it firmly in the pre-Fermi era, with the Quadro Fermi listed as its successor. Compared to its own predecessor, the Quadro FX Curie, the Tesla architecture brought unified shaders and a unified L2 cache, but the data does not quantify that generational leap. The absence of rivals in the database is itself notable: this GPU occupies a niche so old that the benchmark database has no comparable scores logged for it, reinforcing its status as a historical component rather than a competitive product. The chip's 324 mm² die size and 2.3M / mm² transistor density are facts of its construction, but without peer comparisons, they serve only as historical specifications.
Ray Tracing and Feature Set
There are no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores in this GPU, as the RT and tensor hardware did not exist in the Tesla architecture. The card offers no dedicated hardware support for ray-traced lighting or AI-accelerated features like DLSS, making it categorically unsuitable for any modern ray-traced workload. The API support is limited: DirectX 11.1 (10_0) and OpenGL 3.3, with no Vulkan support listed. This means the card cannot run Vulkan-based titles or applications, and its DirectX 10_0 feature level restricts it to DX10-era games. OpenGL 3.3 is sufficient for many professional applications from the late 2000s, which was the card's original target market. The display outputs are 2x DVI and 1x S-Video, which limits connectivity to older monitors and projectors; there are no DisplayPort or HDMI outputs, so adapters are required for any modern display. The lack of modern feature sets, combined with the absence of any Vulkan or higher DirectX support, confirms that this card is locked into a 2008 software ecosystem. For users needing hardware-accelerated ray tracing or tensor-based processing, this card offers zero capability, and the data is unambiguous on that point.
FAQ
Q: What is the maximum API level supported by this card?
A: The card supports DirectX 11.1 with a 10_0 feature level and OpenGL 3.3; it has no Vulkan support.
Q: Does this GPU have dedicated ray tracing or AI tensor cores?
A: No, the FACT PACK lists no RT cores and no tensor cores, so hardware ray tracing and tensor-based features are unavailable.
Q: What is the memory configuration of the Quadro FX 4700 X2?
A: It has 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 51.20 GB/s of bandwidth.
Q: What are the power requirements for this card?
A: The TDP is 226 W, with a suggested PSU of 550 W, and it requires one 6-pin and one 8-pin power connector.
Q: What is the production status of this product?
A: The production status is end-of-life, and the card was released in 2008 with a launch MSRP of 2,999 USD.
Q: What is the pixel and texture fill rate?
A: The pixel rate is 9.600 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 38.40 GTexel/s, based on 16 ROPs and 64 TMUs.
Benchmark Performance
The FACT PACK contains zero entries in the benchmarks array and an average benchmark score of 0, meaning there are no logged performance tests to analyze. The only quantitative performance indicator is the percentileVsAllGpus value of 50, which places this GPU at the exact median of the database's entire GPU population. This is a neutral position: it is neither a low-end part nor a high-end part, but rather a typical mid-tier performer from its generation. The FP32 compute throughput of 384.0 GFLOPS is the raw arithmetic capability, and when compared to modern entry-level cards that often exceed 10,000 GFLOPS, the data suggests a performance gap of more than an order of magnitude, though the pack does not provide specific rival numbers. The texture rate of 38.40 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 9.600 GPixel/s are fixed by the 64 TMUs and 16 ROPs at the listed clocks, but without benchmark scores, these translate to theoretical limits rather than measured results. The 50th percentile ranking implies that in the database's historical records, this card sits in the middle of the pack, but the absence of any specific score or rival deltaPct values prevents a more granular interpretation. Users should treat any claim of gaming or rendering performance as unverified, as the database has no empirical data for this model. The card's performance is best understood through its architectural limits: 128 shading units at a 65 nm process node, which the data shows is insufficient for any modern computational load.
Memory Subsystem
The memory subsystem consists of 1024 MB of GDDR3 VRAM on a 256-bit bus, running at 800 MHz with a 1600 Mbps effective data rate, yielding a bandwidth of 51.20 GB/s. This bandwidth is a critical bottleneck for high-resolution workloads: at 4K resolutions, modern GPUs require 200+ GB/s, and the 51.20 GB/s figure is roughly a quarter of that, making high-resolution textures or large frame buffers impractical. The 1024 MB capacity is also limiting; modern operating systems and applications often consume more than 1 GB of VRAM just for the desktop and basic compositing, so this card will thrash at resolutions above 1080p in any 3D application. The 256-bit bus width is adequate for the GDDR3 standard of its era, but the memory clock of 800 MHz is low by modern standards. For professional use, the 51.20 GB/s bandwidth supports older CAD viewports with moderate polygon counts, but any scene with heavy texture streaming will stutter. The dual-GPU nature of the card (implied by the "X2" designation) does not double the effective memory bandwidth for a single workload; the data does not specify a memory pool shared across both GPUs, so performance scaling is application-dependent. The pixel rate of 9.600 GPixel/s, tied to the 16 ROPs, further limits fill-rate-bound scenarios at high resolutions. In summary, the memory subsystem is a legacy configuration that cannot feed modern shader workloads at resolutions above 1080p, and the data supports a verdict of "adequate for 2008-era 1080p, insufficient for anything modern."
Power and Cooling
The Quadro FX 4700 X2 has a TDP of 226 W, which is substantial for a dual-slot card from this era, and the suggested PSU rating is 550 W to accommodate system-wide peak draw. The power connectors required are one 6-pin and one 8-pin PCIe power connector, which is a dual-connector configuration that demands a power supply with the appropriate cables; older PSUs may lack the 8-pin connector, requiring an adapter. The card's physical dimensions are 267 mm in length, 111 mm in height, and 39 mm in width, making it a dual-slot card that will occupy two expansion slots in a chassis and requires adequate clearance for the 8-pin connector at the top edge. The 226 W TDP is heat-generating, and the dual-slot cooler is the minimum viable solution; the data does not specify a cooler type, but the dual-slot width implies a substantial heatsink and fan assembly. Users should ensure their case has sufficient airflow to exhaust the heat from the 226 W TDP, especially in a workstation with multiple drives or other expansion cards. The PCIe 2.0 x16 bus interface is backward compatible with newer slots, but the card's power draw will be constant regardless of workload, so idle power consumption is not a feature. For a system with this card, a 550 W PSU is the stated recommendation, and users with lower-rated PSUs risk instability. The end-of-life status means replacement coolers or fans are scarce, so thermal maintenance is a long-term consideration. The power data indicates a card that was power-hungry for its time but is now modest by modern standards, yet the connector requirements remain a practical hurdle for modern PSUs that often omit 8-pin connectors in favor of 6+2 pin designs.
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