Radeon PRO W7900 vs Quadro FX 700

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated11
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data7.42
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)RDNA 3.0 (2022)
GPU code nameNV35Navi 31
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date17 March 2004 (20 years ago)13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,999
Current priceno data$4649 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data6144
Core clock speed275 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2495 MHz
Number of transistors135 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data295 Watt
Texture fill rate2.200958.1

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data280 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex2x 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed550 MHz18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth8.8 GB/s864.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A2.2
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2004 13 April 2023
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 700 and Radeon PRO W7900. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 700
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