AMD FirePro S7150 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7150 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI 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 Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7150

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.8x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 275 MHz
106.9x more texture fill rate: 117.6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 140 nm
128x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 64 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
441.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3530 vs 8
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 261

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2016 vs 28 October 2003
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3530 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 261

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

11.5x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7150
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3530

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

261

Name	AMD FirePro S7150	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	3530	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	261
Geekbench - OpenCL	27025
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 Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rankine
Code name	Tonga	NV34 B1
Launch date	1 February 2016	28 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,399
Place in performance rating	655	653
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,763 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	117.6 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	241 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR