AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 735 MHz vs 651 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 512
3.1x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 204 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 76% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 3404 MHz
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 32.699
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 1142.156
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.796
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 51.693
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 110.277

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 2 May 2012
Core clock speed	735 MHz vs 651 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 512
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 204 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 3404 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 51.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 110.277

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 7000

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

32.699

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

1142.156

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.796

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

51.693

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

110.277

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA Quadro 7000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	51.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	110.277
PassMark - G3D Mark		3505
PassMark - G2D Mark		397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA Quadro 7000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	GF110
Launch date	29 September 2015	2 May 2012
Place in performance rating	689	692
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$14,499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	651 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	1,332 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	512
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	41.66 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	204 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 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	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	3404 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5