AMD FirePro W7100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 920 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 24.5x more texture fill rate: 103.0 GTexel / s vs 4.2 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
  • 4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 46.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5314 vs 114
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 683 vs 360
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 August 2014 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed 920 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate 103.0 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5314 vs 114
PassMark - G2D Mark 683 vs 360

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

  • 13.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 400 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 400 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5314
114
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
683
360
Name AMD FirePro W7100 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark 5314 114
PassMark - G2D Mark 683 360
Geekbench - OpenCL 24858
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 560

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Curie
Code name Tonga G73
Launch date 12 August 2014 20 April 2006
Place in performance rating 438 441
Type Workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Price now $150.25
Value for money (0-100) 0.98

Technical info

Core clock speed 920 MHz 350 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,297 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 1792
Texture fill rate 103.0 GTexel / s 4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 400 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 177 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 198 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 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3