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.

AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4470

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

661

294

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
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)	6.313
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
Essentials
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	547	549
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
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