AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 and NVIDIA Quadro CX 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 602 MHz
55x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 38.5 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 192
16.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 1536 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	31 August 2012 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 500 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 500 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2	NVIDIA Quadro CX
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.707
PassMark - G3D Mark		947
PassMark - G2D Mark		454

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	New Zealand	GT200B
Launch date	31 August 2012	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	$1,999
Place in performance rating	321	315
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	192
Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	500 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	292 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	3x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 264.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3