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).

AMD FirePro W7100

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

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
46.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5251 vs 114
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 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	5251 vs 114
PassMark - G2D Mark	661 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

5251

114

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

661

360

Name	AMD FirePro W7100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark	5251	114
PassMark - G2D Mark	661	360
Geekbench - OpenCL	24871
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	449	446
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