AMD FirePro V7900 vs ATI Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V7900 and ATI Radeon X300 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 V7900

ATI Radeon X300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V7900

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 93% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 375 MHz
38.7x more texture fill rate: 58.0 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
12.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 400 MHz
54.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2248 vs 41
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 326 vs 209

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 May 2011 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.0 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2248 vs 41
PassMark - G2D Mark	326 vs 209

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 151 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 151 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V7900
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2248

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

326

209

Name	AMD FirePro V7900	ATI Radeon X300
PassMark - G3D Mark	2248	41
PassMark - G2D Mark	326	209
Geekbench - OpenCL	27733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	676.409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	36.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	171.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V7900	ATI Radeon X300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Rage 9
Code name	Cayman	RV370
Launch date	24 May 2011	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	848	851
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,856.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	58.0 GTexel / s	1.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR