AMD FirePro S7000 vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7000 and ATI Radeon X1900 GT 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 Radeon X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 575 MHz
11x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
31x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4524 vs 146
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 409

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 August 2012 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524 vs 146
PassMark - G2D Mark	705 vs 409

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT

4.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4524

146

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

705

409

Name	AMD FirePro S7000	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524	146
PassMark - G2D Mark	705	409
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 Radeon X1900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Pitcairn	R580
Launch date	27 August 2012	1 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,249
Place in performance rating	415	416
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Length	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3