AMD Radeon E8870 vs NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and NVIDIA Quadro 7000 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, 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), 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon E8870

NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 651 MHz
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
Around 15% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 204 Watt
Around 76% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 3404 MHz
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 397
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.948 vs 32.699
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3705
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 3353
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3705
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 3353

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 2 May 2012
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 651 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 204 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 3404 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.948 vs 32.699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030 vs 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030 vs 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3505 vs 3368
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1142.156 vs 874.689
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.796 vs 1.11

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3505 vs 3368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1142.156 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.796 vs 1.11

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 7000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

3505

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

397

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

36.948

32.699

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

874.689

1142.156

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.11

3.796

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5030

3705

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18191

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5030

3705

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18191

3353

Name	AMD Radeon E8870	NVIDIA Quadro 7000
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	3505
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.948	32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	874.689	1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.11	3.796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191	3353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		51.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		110.277

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8870	NVIDIA Quadro 7000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Saturn	GF110
Launch date	29 September 2015	2 May 2012
Place in performance rating	341	697
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$14,499
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	651 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	1,332 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	512
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	41.66 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	204 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		248 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	3404 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5