3yr old quadro 3700m beating new 1000m?

i have thinkpad w520 on order. it's got quadro 1000m.

i went with 1000m, not the higher 2000m cuz i'm only a occasional gamer.

according to notebookcheck site, 3700m(from my w700ds) is ranked #50-something, while 1000m(from my w520) is ranked #90 something.

i know 1000m is only a mid-range card but shouldn't it still beat 3-yr old videocard in terms of performance?

my question is this: 3700m, despite of its age, performs faster than 1000m?
or does the website have incorrect information?

i know i shouldve picked something else if i wanted gaming performance but im something of a thinkpad geek and cannot use anything else...(tried but failed)

 

Well, since you bothered to check on Notebookcheck you might as well have read the specs to get an idea. The Quadro 1000M is based on fermi and sports 96 cuda cores. Your previous 3700m is based on the G92 core and sports 128 cuda cores.

The 1000m has more capabilities like DX11, but the fermi cuda cores are actually weaker in raw performance than the G92 cuda cores, and the Quadro 1000m has even less cuda cores to begin with.

Next factor in core/memory clocks and you can get a rough idea if it will perform better or worse.

but by specs alone, you shouldn't have expected better performance. Just because its newer doesn't mean it performs faster. Sometimes newer tech is about brigining other capabilities, or less heat, rather than performance. And your 3700m was kinda top of the line compared to the 1000m.

Cheers.

 

general idea is that newer cards have more power per current consumption. that's the goal.

note that your old 3700m took 75 watts, the new 1000m only takes 45 watts. if you bought a modern high end 75 watt gpu, then you would have to get a large laptop (like your previous one) to accommodate the heat, and it would be faster than your old one as well.

 

many thanks to ryzeki and masterchef341 for the helpful comment.
cheers

 

I always say to get the best GPU you can in a laptop since you usually can't upgrade it.

 

I was lucky to find a great deal on my laptop with the 9800m gts 1gb. With some decent overclocking and tweaking I got this card running maxed out for 3 years now and it still runs the latest games like Deus Ex HR at max settings @ 1200p at 35+ fps. Many mobile Gpus that came afterward still can't compare to the performance my baby has brought me for the low price that I paid for it (1024 usd including tax back in 2009)