NVIDIA Quadro P600 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P600 and AMD Radeon HD 7970M 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 - 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro P600

AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P600

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 1329 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3692
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3339
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3692
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3339

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 February 2017 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	1329 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3339

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 34.92 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
Around 95% better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 1,117 gflops
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 4012 MHz
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3871 vs 3271
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 551 vs 472
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22410 vs 11181
Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 51.181 vs 35.134
Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 256.99 vs 141.164
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5094 vs 4662
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5094 vs 4662

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s vs 34.92 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops vs 1,117 gflops
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 4012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3871 vs 3271
PassMark - G2D Mark	551 vs 472
Geekbench - OpenCL	22410 vs 11181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.181 vs 35.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	256.99 vs 141.164
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5094 vs 4662
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5094 vs 4662

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3271

3871

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

472

551

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11181

22410

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.134

51.181

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

141.164

256.99

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4662

5094

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3692

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3339

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4662

5094

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3692

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3339

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P600	AMD Radeon HD 7970M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3271	3871
PassMark - G2D Mark	472	551
Geekbench - OpenCL	11181	22410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.134	51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	141.164	256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4662	5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4662	5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		81.527
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P600	AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP107	Wimbledon
Launch date	7 February 2017	24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$178
Place in performance rating	597	567
Price now	$169.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	22.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1557 MHz
Core clock speed	1329 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,117 gflops	2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1280
Texture fill rate	34.92 GTexel / s	68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.19 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4012 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0