AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M 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.

AMD Radeon HD 7970

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
53.8x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
256x more pipelines: 2048 vs 8
169.2x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	22 December 2011 vs 15 August 2008
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 8
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

15x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M
Geekbench - OpenCL	34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2276
PassMark - G3D Mark		93
PassMark - G2D Mark		334

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tahiti	G98
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	22 December 2011	15 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	483	484
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	8
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	210 million
Core clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync