AMD Radeon HD 7970M vs NVIDIA Quadro Plex 7000
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Wimbledon | GF110 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Wimbledon XT (216-0836036) | — |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 3,000 million |
| Die size | 212 mm² | 520 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Apr 24th, 2012 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | London (HD 7900M) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | — |
| Predecessor | Vancouver | — |
| Successor | Solar System | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 850 MHz | 574 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1200 MHz 4.8 Gbps effective | 750 MHz 3 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1148 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 144.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1280 | 512 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Compute units | 20 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 768 KB |
| SM count | — | 16 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 27.20 GPixel/s | 18.37 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 68.00 GTexel/s | 36.74 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.176 TFLOPS | 1,176 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 136.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | 587.8 GFLOPS (1:2) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 100 W | 600 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 4x DVI2x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | C429 | — |
| Length | — | 522 mm 20.6 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 1000 W |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Jul 25th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro Plex |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Launch price | — | 14,999 USD |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
