NVIDIA Quadro CX vs ATI FirePro V5700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI FirePro V5700 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.

NVIDIA Quadro CX

ATI FirePro V5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 448.0 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 947 vs 465

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 8 August 2008
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 448.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	947 vs 465

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5700

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 602 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 56 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 469 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 602 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 192
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	56 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	469 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro CX
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V5700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

947

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

469

Name	NVIDIA Quadro CX	ATI FirePro V5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	947	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	454	469

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro CX	ATI FirePro V5700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200B	RV730
Launch date	11 November 2008	8 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$599
Place in performance rating	315	317
Price now	$149.95
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	448.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	192	320
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	56 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3