AMD FirePro D300 vs NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D300 and NVIDIA Quadro 7000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD FirePro D300

NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D300

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 651 MHz
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
Around 63% better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 204 Watt
Around 49% higher memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 3404 MHz
Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 51.183 vs 32.699
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1192.547 vs 1142.156
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.209 vs 3.796
Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 78.541 vs 51.693
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 242.179 vs 110.277

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 January 2014 vs 2 May 2012
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 651 MHz
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 204 Watt
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 3404 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.183 vs 32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1192.547 vs 1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.209 vs 3.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	78.541 vs 51.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	242.179 vs 110.277

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 7000

3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3397
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3397

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D300
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 7000

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.183

32.699

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1192.547

1142.156

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.209

3.796

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

78.541

51.693

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

242.179

110.277

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3397

3705

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3397

3705

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3353

Name	AMD FirePro D300	NVIDIA Quadro 7000
Geekbench - OpenCL	20101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.183	32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1192.547	1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.209	3.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	78.541	51.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	242.179	110.277
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3397	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3397	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3353
PassMark - G3D Mark		3505
PassMark - G2D Mark		397

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro D300	NVIDIA Quadro 7000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Pitcairn	GF110
Launch date	18 January 2014	2 May 2012
Place in performance rating	704	707
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$14,499
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	651 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops	1,332 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	512
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s	41.66 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	204 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	242 mm	248 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	162.6 GB / s	177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	3404 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5