AMD FirePro D700 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D700 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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), 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 D700

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D700

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 375 MHz
12.1x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
102.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 5480 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	18 January 2014 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5480 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 274 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 274 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D700
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Name	AMD FirePro D700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Geekbench - OpenCL	25129
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	74.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1338.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348
PassMark - G3D Mark		171
PassMark - G2D Mark		275

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro D700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tahiti	G71
Launch date	18 January 2014	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	595	598
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048	20
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	274 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	279 mm
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	263.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	5480 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0