FireStream 9370 vs Quadro 7000

Place in the ranking	479	567
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.11	2.03
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GF110	Cypress
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	2 May 2012 (12 years ago)	23 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$14,499	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	1600
Core clock speed	651 MHz	825 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	204 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	41.66	66.00
Floating-point processing power	1.332 TFLOPS	2.64 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	64	80

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	248 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	851 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	163.4 GB/s	147.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x DisplayPort

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.0	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro 7000 9.09
+38.8%

FireStream 9370 6.55

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro 7000 3505
+38.6%

FireStream 9370 2528

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.09	6.55
Recency	2 May 2012	23 June 2010
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	204 Watt	225 Watt

Quadro 7000 has a 38.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 10.3% lower power consumption.

The Quadro 7000 is our recommended choice as it beats the FireStream 9370 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.