AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs NVIDIA Quadro 4000
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 and NVIDIA Quadro 4000 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- 7.8x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 15.2 GTexel / s
- 8x more pipelines: 2048 vs 256
- 7.8x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 486.4 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- 6.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34541 vs 5013
- 6.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 84.413 vs 13.345
- 4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1390.592 vs 306.122
- 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.336 vs 1.552
- 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 20.453
- 12.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 481.76 vs 39.651
- 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 2079
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 3472
- 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 2079
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 3472
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 22 December 2011 vs 2 November 2010 |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 15.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 256 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 486.4 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 vs 5013 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 84.413 vs 13.345 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1390.592 vs 306.122 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.336 vs 1.552 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 vs 20.453 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 vs 39.651 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 vs 2079 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3704 vs 3472 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 vs 2079 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3704 vs 3472 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 4000
- 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 142 Watt vs 300 Watt
- 2x more memory clock speed: 2808 MHz vs 1375 MHz
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 142 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 2808 MHz vs 1375 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 4000
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA Quadro 4000 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 | 5013 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 84.413 | 13.345 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1390.592 | 306.122 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.336 | 1.552 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 | 20.453 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 | 39.651 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 | 2079 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3704 | 3472 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 | 2079 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3704 | 3472 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2276 | 0 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1476 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 382 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA Quadro 4000 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Fermi |
| Code name | Tahiti | GF100 |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
| Launch date | 22 December 2011 | 2 November 2010 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $1,199 |
| Place in performance rating | 464 | 1047 |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
| Price now | $141.66 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 17.08 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | 486.4 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 256 |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s | 15.2 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 142 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,313 million | 3,100 million |
| Core clock speed | 475 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort |
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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 | 274 mm | 241 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 264 GB/s | 89.9 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 2808 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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