ATI FirePro M7820 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro M7820 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI FirePro M7820

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7820

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 250 MHz
28x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	1 May 2010 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro M7820
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Name	ATI FirePro M7820	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	600.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2709
Geekbench - OpenCL	15792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.902
PassMark - G3D Mark		2
PassMark - G2D Mark		119

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro M7820	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Celsius
Code name	Broadway	NV18 C1
Launch date	1 May 2010	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	1272	1274
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	8.0
OpenGL	4.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0