NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP vs ATI FirePro V5700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 56 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 481 vs 469
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 November 2008 vs 8 August 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 56 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 481 vs 469

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5700

  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 540 MHz
  • 5.2x more texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
  • 40x more pipelines: 320 vs 8
  • 25.9x better floating-point performance: 448.0 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 465 vs 108
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate 22.4 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 8
Floating-point performance 448.0 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 465 vs 108

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V5700

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
108
465
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
481
469
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP ATI FirePro V5700
PassMark - G3D Mark 108 465
PassMark - G2D Mark 481 469

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP ATI FirePro V5700

Essentials

Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G98 RV730
Launch date 6 November 2008 8 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $129 $599
Place in performance rating 321 322
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 540 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 17.28 gflops 448.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 8 320
Texture fill rate 4.32 GTexel / s 22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 56 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 514 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DMS-59 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 198 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3