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.

 

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 2755
PassMark - G2D Mark 431
Geekbench - OpenCL 9103
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 877
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

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