NVIDIA Quadro 7000 vs ATI Radeon X550 XTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 7000 and ATI Radeon X550 XTX 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).

NVIDIA Quadro 7000

ATI Radeon X550 XTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 651 MHz vs 400 MHz
13x more texture fill rate: 41.66 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 128 MB
5.7x more memory clock speed: 3404 MHz vs 600 MHz
49.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3505 vs 71
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 240

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 May 2012 vs 24 January 2007
Core clock speed	651 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.66 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3404 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3505 vs 71
PassMark - G2D Mark	397 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 7000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3505

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

397

240

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 7000	ATI Radeon X550 XTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	3505	71
PassMark - G2D Mark	397	240
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	110.277
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 7000	ATI Radeon X550 XTX
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R400
Code name	GF110	RV410
Launch date	2 May 2012	24 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$14,499
Place in performance rating	712	713
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	651 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,332 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	41.66 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	248 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3404 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR