AMD FirePro V4900 vs NVIDIA Quadro 2000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V4900 and NVIDIA Quadro 2000 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 480 vs 192
  • Around 60% better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
  • Around 54% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2600 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1006 vs 947
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 303
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 392.237 vs 258.26
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 17.874 vs 13.688
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 72.818 vs 19.02
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1747 vs 1600
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3753 vs 1682
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7745 vs 2668
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1747 vs 1600
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3753 vs 1682
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7745 vs 2668
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2011 vs 24 December 2010
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines 480 vs 192
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 2600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1006 vs 947
PassMark - G2D Mark 320 vs 303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 392.237 vs 258.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.874 vs 13.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 72.818 vs 19.02
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1747 vs 1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3753 vs 1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7745 vs 2668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1747 vs 1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3753 vs 1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7745 vs 2668

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 2000

  • Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 20 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3879 vs 1927
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.229 vs 6.303
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.885 vs 0.597
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 20 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 3879 vs 1927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.229 vs 6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.885 vs 0.597

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V4900
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1006
947
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
320
303
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1927
3879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.303
10.229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
392.237
258.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.597
0.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.874
13.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
72.818
19.02
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1747
1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3753
1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7745
2668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1747
1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3753
1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7745
2668
Name AMD FirePro V4900 NVIDIA Quadro 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark 1006 947
PassMark - G2D Mark 320 303
Geekbench - OpenCL 1927 3879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.303 10.229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 392.237 258.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.597 0.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.874 13.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 72.818 19.02
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1747 1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3753 1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7745 2668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1747 1600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3753 1682
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7745 2668

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro V4900 NVIDIA Quadro 2000

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Turks GF106
Launch date 1 November 2011 24 December 2010
Place in performance rating 957 1287
Type Workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Price now $87.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.65

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 480 192
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s 20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 62 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 163 mm 178 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB / s 41.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 2600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5