AMD FirePro S7150 vs NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7150 and NVIDIA GeForce 720A 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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).

AMD FirePro S7150

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7150

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 938 MHz
7.8x more texture fill rate: 117.6 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
18.7x more pipelines: 1792 vs 96
10.4x better floating-point performance: 3,763 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3770 vs 577
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 414 vs 253

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2016 vs 1 July 2014
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 938 MHz
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 96
Floating-point performance	3,763 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3770 vs 577
PassMark - G2D Mark	414 vs 253

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 720A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3770

577

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

414

253

Name	AMD FirePro S7150	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
PassMark - G3D Mark	3770	577
PassMark - G2D Mark	414	253
Geekbench - OpenCL	27128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	570.969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	23.637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	583

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7150	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Tonga	GF117
Launch date	1 February 2016	1 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,399
Place in performance rating	640	642
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,763 gflops	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	96
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s	15.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3