AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- 5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 2x 128
- 3.3x better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
- 6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4619 vs 676
- Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 590 vs 509
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 March 2012 vs 18 April 2008 |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 2x 128 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,560 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 65 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt vs 226 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4619 vs 676 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 590 vs 509 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
- 3x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 80 GTexel / s
- Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
- Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4196 vs 3358
- Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4196 vs 3358
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 80 GTexel / s |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 4196 vs 3358 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 4196 vs 3358 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4619 | 676 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 590 | 509 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 77430 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55.446 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 952.668 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.68 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.456 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 294.215 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6821 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 4196 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6821 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 4196 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1651 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Tesla |
| Code name | Pitcairn | G92 |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
| Launch date | 5 March 2012 | 18 April 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | $2,999 |
| Place in performance rating | 474 | 475 |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,560 gflops | 2x 384.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 2x 128 |
| Stream Processors | 1024 | |
| Texture fill rate | 80 GTexel / s | 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 226 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 754 million |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 267 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2x 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 2x 51.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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