NVIDIA Quadro 7000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 7000 and AMD Radeon HD 6950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 7000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 204 Watt vs 500 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 3404 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3505 vs 2613
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 32.699 vs 16.999
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1142.156 vs 899.056
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.796 vs 1.659
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.693 vs 49.698
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 2523
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 2523
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 May 2012 vs 14 December 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 204 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 3404 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3505 vs 2613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 32.699 vs 16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1142.156 vs 899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.796 vs 1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.693 vs 49.698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 vs 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 vs 2523

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

  • Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 1408 vs 512
  • Around 69% better floating-point performance: 2,252.8 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 440 vs 397
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.203 vs 110.277
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3353
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 70.4 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,252.8 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 440 vs 397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 251.203 vs 110.277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 11657 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 11657 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 7000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3505
2613
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
397
440
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.699
16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1142.156
899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.796
1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.693
49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
110.277
251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3705
2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
11657
Name NVIDIA Quadro 7000 AMD Radeon HD 6950
PassMark - G3D Mark 3505 2613
PassMark - G2D Mark 397 440
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 32.699 16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1142.156 899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.796 1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.693 49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 110.277 251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3705 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3705 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 11657
Geekbench - OpenCL 6105
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3652
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro 7000 AMD Radeon HD 6950

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 3
Code name GF110 Cayman
Launch date 2 May 2012 14 December 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $14,499 $299
Place in performance rating 712 713
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 45.34

Technical info

Core clock speed 651 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,332 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 1408
Texture fill rate 41.66 GTexel / s 70.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 204 Watt 500 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 2,640 million
Boost clock speed 800 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 248 mm 267 mm
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3404 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire