AMD FirePro V4900 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V4900 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 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).

AMD FirePro V4900

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 425 MHz
11.3x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 650 MHz
27.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 990 vs 36
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 312 vs 178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2011 vs 1 April 2004
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	990 vs 36
PassMark - G2D Mark	312 vs 178

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V4900
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

990

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

312

178

Name	AMD FirePro V4900	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
PassMark - G3D Mark	990	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	312	178
Geekbench - OpenCL	1928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7745

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V4900	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rankine
Code name	Turks	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 November 2011	1 April 2004
Place in performance rating	974	977
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$169.75
Price now		$101.25
Value for money (0-100)		0.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	163 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2