AMD FirePro S7000 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7000 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD FirePro S7000

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 450 MHz
5.3x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
8.4x better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
17x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4524 vs 266
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 August 2012 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524 vs 266
PassMark - G2D Mark	705 vs 398

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

35x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7000
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4524

266

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

705

398

Name	AMD FirePro S7000	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524	266
PassMark - G2D Mark	705	398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	52.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1275.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	66.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	271.967

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7000	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Pitcairn	M96
Launch date	27 August 2012	5 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,249
Place in performance rating	407	404
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	1
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory		0