AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 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), 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 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- 3.1x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 39x more texture fill rate: 93.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
- 16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
- 12x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 55.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 81
- 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 294
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 19 November 2012 vs 9 August 2004 |
Core clock speed | 925 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 93.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 110 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 4470 vs 81 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 661 vs 294 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
- 7.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 185 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 185 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT | NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 4470 | 81 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 661 | 294 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 65.399 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1230.47 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.371 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 78.519 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 345.793 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2810 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3264 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2810 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3264 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1745 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT | NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Curie |
Code name | Tahiti | NV43 A2 |
Launch date | 19 November 2012 | 9 August 2004 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $270 | $299 |
Place in performance rating | 548 | 550 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Price now | $59.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 1.71 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 975 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 925 MHz | 300 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2,995 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 1536 | |
Texture fill rate | 93.6 GTexel / s | 2.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 185 Watt | 25 Watt |
Transistor count | 4,313 million | 146 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm | 198 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB / s | 8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 500 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |