AMD FirePro W7100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 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 W7100

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 920 MHz vs 550 MHz
46.8x more texture fill rate: 103.0 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 810 MHz
60.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5191 vs 86
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 663 vs 378

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 August 2014 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	920 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.0 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 810 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5191 vs 86
PassMark - G2D Mark	663 vs 378

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

19x lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 400 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 400 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5191

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

663

378

Name	AMD FirePro W7100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
PassMark - G3D Mark	5191	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	663	378
Geekbench - OpenCL	24892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1248.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	361.58
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Tonga	G72
Launch date	12 August 2014	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	450	453
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	920 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,297 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	103.0 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
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	241 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2