AMD FirePro W7100 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7100 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 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 NVS 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7100

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 920 MHz vs 250 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 103.0 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 128 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
138.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5264 vs 38
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 672 vs 358

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 August 2014 vs 9 March 2009
Core clock speed	920 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.0 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5264 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	672 vs 358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

12.9x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 400 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 400 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5264

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

672

358

Name	AMD FirePro W7100	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	5264	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	672	358
Geekbench - OpenCL	24730
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 NVS 440
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Tonga	NV43 A4
Launch date	12 August 2014	9 March 2009
Place in performance rating	449	448
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.99
Price now		$93.61
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	920 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,297 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	103.0 GTexel / s	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DMS-59
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	187 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	2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3