AMD Radeon HD 7990 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7990 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 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 7990

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 73% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 550 MHz
967.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 128 MB
7.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 810 MHz
64.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5566 vs 86
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 378

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 810 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566 vs 86
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 378

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

17.9x lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7990
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5566

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

378

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7990	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	88.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1753.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	434.598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7990	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Malta	G72
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	24 April 2013	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	421	422
Price now	$1,126.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	7.87
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	307 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2