AMD FirePro V7900 SDI vs ATI FirePro V7800P

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V7900 SDI and ATI FirePro V7800P videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD FirePro V7900 SDI

ATI FirePro V7800P

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V7900 SDI

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 58.0 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.0 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V7800P

Around 13% higher pipelines: 1440 vs 1280
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,856.0 gflops
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 138 Watt vs 224 Watt

Pipelines	1440 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops vs 1,856.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	138 Watt vs 224 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V7900 SDI	ATI FirePro V7800P
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cayman	Cypress
Launch date	24 May 2011	16 May 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,249
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,856.0 gflops	2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	1440
Texture fill rate	58.0 GTexel / s	50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	224 Watt	138 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x SDI	1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5