AMD FirePro S7000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 650 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1010 MHz
18.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4524 vs 242
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 394

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 August 2012 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1010 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524 vs 242
PassMark - G2D Mark	705 vs 394

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

3.6x lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4524

242

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

705

394

Name	AMD FirePro S7000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524	242
PassMark - G2D Mark	705	394
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 Quadro FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Pitcairn	G71
Launch date	27 August 2012	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,249	$2,999
Place in performance rating	407	405
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$1,840.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	278 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	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	32.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1010 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3