AMD FirePro W7000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 575 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
53.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
13.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4247 vs 306
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 542 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 2012 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4247 vs 306
PassMark - G2D Mark	542 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

7.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4247

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

542

309

Name	AMD FirePro W7000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4247	306
PassMark - G2D Mark	542	309
Geekbench - OpenCL	17788
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	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Pitcairn	G71
Launch date	13 June 2012	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	$99.99
Place in performance rating	514	515
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.97
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280	24
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		575 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
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	MXM-III
Length	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0