AMD FirePro W7000 vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO 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 W7000

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 575 MHz
11x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
37.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4288 vs 113
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 546 vs 318

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 2012 vs 1 October 2006
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4288 vs 113
PassMark - G2D Mark	546 vs 318

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

5.3x lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4288

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

546

318

Name	AMD FirePro W7000	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	4288	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	546	318
Geekbench - OpenCL	17771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	52.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1148.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	268.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7000	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Pitcairn	RV570
Launch date	13 June 2012	1 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$899
Place in performance rating	510	511
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3