AMD FirePro S7100X vs NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and NVIDIA GRID K220Q 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro S7100X

NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 225 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 2 July 2014
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 2,289 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GRID K220Q
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677
PassMark - G3D Mark		912
PassMark - G2D Mark		539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2660

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GRID K220Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK104
Launch date	25 May 2016	2 July 2014
Place in performance rating	751	753
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$469
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1536
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5