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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

ATI FirePro V5700

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	345	346
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