ATI FirePro V8750 vs NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model II

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V8750 and NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model II videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI FirePro V8750

NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model II

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8750

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 470 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 640 Watt
3.4x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt vs 640 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model II

13.7x more texture fill rate: 4x 11.28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	4x 11.28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V8750	NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model II
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV770	G70
Launch date	28 July 2008	25 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	470 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	4x 11.28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	640 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	254 mm	522 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	4x 33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	4x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3