AMD FirePro V7900 SDI vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V7900 SDI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro V7900 SDI

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V7900 SDI

Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 58.0 GTexel / s vs 45.4 GTexel / s
3.8x more pipelines: 1280 vs 336
Around 70% better floating-point performance: 1,856.0 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Texture fill rate	58.0 GTexel / s vs 45.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 336
Floating-point performance	1,856.0 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 224 Watt

Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 725 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 224 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V7900 SDI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Name	AMD FirePro V7900 SDI	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark		2774
PassMark - G2D Mark		434
Geekbench - OpenCL		8699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		25.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		623.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		62.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3332
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V7900 SDI	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Cayman	GF114
Launch date	24 May 2011	17 May 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	855
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$353.59
Value for money (0-100)		10.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	810 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,856.0 gflops	1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	336
Texture fill rate	58.0 GTexel / s	45.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	224 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	1,950 million
Maximum GPU temperature		99 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x SDI	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	16x PCI-E 2.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	8.25" (21 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	Two 6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-Way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 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
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI