ATI FirePro V5800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V5800 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FirePro V5800

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 92% higher core clock speed: 690 MHz vs 360 MHz
9.6x more texture fill rate: 27.6 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
50x more pipelines: 800 vs 16
47.9x better floating-point performance: 1,104.0 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 628
5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 628
14x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1176 vs 84

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2010 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	690 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	27.6 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 16
Floating-point performance	1,104.0 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 628
PassMark - G3D Mark	1176 vs 84

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 74 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 272

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 74 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 272

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V5800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

628

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

628

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

272

385

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1176

Name	ATI FirePro V5800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3319
Geekbench - OpenCL	3088
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2135
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	628
PassMark - G2D Mark	272	385
PassMark - G3D Mark	1176	84

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V5800	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Juniper	G84
Launch date	26 April 2010	12 September 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$479	$129
Place in performance rating	862	864
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$92.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	690 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,104.0 gflops	23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	800	16
Texture fill rate	27.6 GTexel / s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	74 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2