AMD FirePro S7000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7000 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 1280 vs 128
5.6x better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4524 vs 769
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 August 2012 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1280 vs 128
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	705 vs 366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 950 MHz
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 350 Watt

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 950 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4524

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

705

366

Name	AMD FirePro S7000	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	705	366
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	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Pitcairn	G92
Launch date	27 August 2012	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,249	$299
Place in performance rating	399	405
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1280	128
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort count	1
Dual-link DVI support
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	292 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI