FirePro V7900 SDI vs Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | TU104B | Cayman |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 8 June 2020 (6 years ago) | 24 May 2011 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3072 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 1035 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1545 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 13,600 million | 2,640 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 224 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 296.6 | 58.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.492 TFLOPS | 1.856 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 192 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | 384 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 48 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 3 MB | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 512 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 279 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 160 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x SDI |
| StereoOutput3D | - | + |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 4 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | N/A |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 June 2020 | 24 May 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 224 Watt |
RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233% more advanced lithography process, and 104% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh and FirePro V7900 SDI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh is a mobile workstation graphics card while FirePro V7900 SDI is a workstation one.
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