AMD FirePro S7100X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 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: 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro S7100X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 52% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1344
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
833.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 64.888 vs 36.256
Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1283.973 vs 1029.267
Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.781 vs 3.037
Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 70.708 vs 45.894
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 315.677 vs 82.191

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 16 August 2012
Pipelines	2048 vs 1344
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888 vs 36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973 vs 1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781 vs 3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708 vs 45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677 vs 82.191

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 723 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

64.888

36.256

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1283.973

1029.267

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.781

3.037

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

70.708

45.894

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

315.677

82.191

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888	36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973	1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781	3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708	45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677	82.191
PassMark - G3D Mark		4423
PassMark - G2D Mark		466
Geekbench - OpenCL		15347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1616

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK104
Launch date	25 May 2016	16 August 2012
Place in performance rating	744	747
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$321.99
Value for money (0-100)		17.34
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1344
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		980 MHz
CUDA cores		1344
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	Two 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA