NVIDIA Quadro 7000 vs ATI FirePro V8800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 7000 and ATI FirePro V8800 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: 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.

NVIDIA Quadro 7000

ATI FirePro V8800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 204 Watt vs 208 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3505 vs 2281
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 32.699 vs 18.27
10.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.796 vs 0.357
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.693 vs 49.357
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3575
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3575

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 May 2012 vs 7 April 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt vs 208 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3505 vs 2281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.699 vs 18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.796 vs 0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.693 vs 49.357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 3575

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 651 MHz
Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 66.0 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
3.1x more pipelines: 1600 vs 512
Around 98% better floating-point performance: 2,640.0 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 3404 MHz
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 397
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1180.667 vs 1142.156
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 228.843 vs 110.277

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 651 MHz
Texture fill rate	66.0 GTexel / s vs 41.66 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,640.0 gflops vs 1,332 gflops
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 3404 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1180.667 vs 1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	228.843 vs 110.277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 7000
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3505

2281

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

397

445

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.699

18.27

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1142.156

1180.667

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.796

0.357

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.693

49.357

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

110.277

228.843

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3356

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 7000	ATI FirePro V8800
PassMark - G3D Mark	3505	2281
PassMark - G2D Mark	397	445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.699	18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1142.156	1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.796	0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.693	49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	110.277	228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3356
Geekbench - OpenCL		36751

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 7000	ATI FirePro V8800
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF110	Cypress
Launch date	2 May 2012	7 April 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$14,499	$1,499
Place in performance rating	709	711
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	651 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,332 gflops	2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	1600
Texture fill rate	41.66 GTexel / s	66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	208 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3404 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5