AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP 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 FX 370 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 540 MHz
490.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
512x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 8
438.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 256 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	31 August 2012 vs 6 November 2008
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

20x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 500 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 500 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.707
PassMark - G3D Mark		108
PassMark - G2D Mark		481

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	New Zealand	G98
Launch date	31 August 2012	6 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	$129
Place in performance rating	321	316
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops	17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	8
Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	500 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	292 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	3x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 264.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2