NVIDIA Quadro K4000 vs AMD FirePro V7900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4000 and AMD FirePro V7900 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 5616 MHz vs 5000 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2719 vs 2305
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 336
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.462 vs 14.134
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.899 vs 1.309
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3798 vs 2996
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3798 vs 2996
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 March 2013 vs 24 May 2011
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5616 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2719 vs 2305
PassMark - G2D Mark 418 vs 336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.462 vs 14.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.899 vs 1.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3798 vs 2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3798 vs 2996

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V7900

  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 58.0 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • Around 49% better floating-point performance: 1,856.0 gflops vs 1,244 gflops
  • 4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27733 vs 6676
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 676.409 vs 427.88
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 36.678 vs 23.742
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 171.25 vs 61.965
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3651
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3321
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3651
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3321
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 58.0 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops vs 1,244 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 27733 vs 6676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 676.409 vs 427.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.678 vs 23.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 171.25 vs 61.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3321

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4000
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V7900

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2719
2305
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
418
336
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6676
27733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.462
14.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
427.88
676.409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.899
1.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23.742
36.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.965
171.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3798
2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3651
3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3321
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3798
2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3651
3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3321
3354
Name NVIDIA Quadro K4000 AMD FirePro V7900
PassMark - G3D Mark 2719 2305
PassMark - G2D Mark 418 336
Geekbench - OpenCL 6676 27733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.462 14.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 427.88 676.409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.899 1.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 23.742 36.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 61.965 171.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3798 2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3651 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3321 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3798 2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3651 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3321 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 817

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K4000 AMD FirePro V7900

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 3
Code name GK106 Cayman
Launch date 1 March 2013 24 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $1,269
Place in performance rating 895 854
Price now $225.65
Type Workstation Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 14.81

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,244 gflops 1,856.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 1280
Texture fill rate 51.84 GTexel / s 58.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 2,640 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 134.8 GB / s 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5616 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5