AMD FirePro W7000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 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 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 360 MHz
26.4x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
66.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4279 vs 64
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 2012 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4279 vs 64
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

11.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4279

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

325

Name	AMD FirePro W7000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
PassMark - G3D Mark	4279	64
PassMark - G2D Mark	543	325
Geekbench - OpenCL	18150
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 550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Pitcairn	NV43 A2
Launch date	13 June 2012	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$899
Place in performance rating	497	499
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	146 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	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3