AMD FirePro W7000 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M 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 NVS 510M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 450 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
16.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4279 vs 254
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 317

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 2012 vs 21 August 2006
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4279 vs 254
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

10x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4279

254

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

317

Name	AMD FirePro W7000	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4279	254
PassMark - G2D Mark	543	317
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 NVS 510M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Pitcairn	G71
Launch date	13 June 2012	21 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$899
Place in performance rating	497	498
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	278 million
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3