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.

 

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
84
Name ATI FirePro V5800 NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3319
Geekbench - OpenCL 3085
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 864 866
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