AMD FirePro S7150 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Comparison

The Verdict

The database comparison between the AMD FirePro S7150 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell presents a stark generational divide. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is the clear performance leader, winning both recorded head-to-head benchmarks decisively. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA card scores 106087 against the AMD card's 26543, a delta of 75% in favor of the newer product. The Vulkan results are similarly lopsided: 113865 versus 29690, a 73.9% advantage for NVIDIA.

The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell should be the choice for any workload involving modern APIs, ray tracing, or AI acceleration. Its active production status, 16 GB of GDDR7 memory, and 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth make it suitable for current and future professional tasks. The AMD FirePro S7150, an end-of-life product from 2016, retains relevance only in legacy environments where its specific GCN 3.0 feature set is required or where its single-slot, 150 W power profile fits an older chassis design.

That said, the average benchmark scores tell a more nuanced story. The AMD card posts an average score of 28117, placing it in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs. The NVIDIA card averages 25269, placing it in the 70th percentile. This inversion occurs because the AMD card's two benchmark results (OpenCL and Vulkan) are relatively close, while the NVIDIA card's broader benchmark suite includes many Passmark tests at varying API levels, dragging its average down. The data indicates that for the two tests both cards share, NVIDIA wins outright; for the wider suite, AMD's narrower profile produces a higher average.

The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is the pick for professionals who need current API support, ray tracing capabilities, and high compute throughput. The FirePro S7150 is the pick for those maintaining legacy infrastructure where its specific feature set and power envelope are already accounted for. There is no scenario in the data where the older AMD card outperforms the newer NVIDIA card in shared workloads.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two cards spans nearly a decade of GPU design. The AMD FirePro S7150 uses the Tonga chip built on GCN 3.0, fabricated on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It contains 5,000 million transistors on a 366 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 13.7M per mm². The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell uses the GB206 chip built on Blackwell 2.0, fabricated on a 5 nm process, also at TSMC. It contains 21,900 million transistors on a much smaller 181 mm² die, achieving a transistor density of 121.0M per mm². The density difference, roughly 8.8 times higher on the NVIDIA part, reflects the process node improvements.

The compute architectures diverge fundamentally. The FirePro S7150 deploys 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 render output units. It has no dedicated ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell deploys 4352 shading units, 136 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, plus 34 RT cores and 136 tensor cores. The presence of dedicated hardware for ray tracing and tensor operations is a defining feature of the newer architecture, enabling workloads that the GCN 3.0 design cannot accelerate.

Memory technology also differs. The AMD card uses 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256 bit bus, producing 160.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA card uses 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 128 bit bus, producing 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Despite the narrower bus, the newer memory type delivers 80% more bandwidth. The FirePro's memory clock is listed at 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective), while the RTX PRO's memory runs at 1125 MHz (18 Gbps effective).

Clock behavior differs as well. The FirePro S7150 has no listed base or boost clock, only the memory clock. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell lists a base clock of 982 MHz and a boost clock of 1957 MHz. The FP32 throughput reflects these differences: the AMD card delivers 3.768 TFLOPS, while the NVIDIA card delivers 17.03 TFLOPS, roughly 4.5 times higher. FP16 performance shows an even more pronounced architectural split: the FirePro achieves 7.537 TFLOPS via a 2:1 ratio, while the RTX PRO achieves 17.03 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio, indicating the newer card does not rely on rate doubling.

API support marks another boundary. The FirePro supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170. The RTX PRO 2000 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The NVIDIA card's DirectX 12 Ultimate and newer Vulkan revision enable features unavailable on the older part.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD FirePro S7150 has the higher average benchmark score at 28117, compared to 25269 for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell. The AMD card sits in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs, while the NVIDIA card sits in the 70th percentile.

Q: How do the two cards compare in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell scores 106087 in Geekbench OpenCL, which is 75% higher than the AMD FirePro S7150's score of 26543. This is the largest margin recorded in the shared benchmarks.

Q: Does the AMD FirePro S7150 support ray tracing?

A: No. The FirePro S7150 has no RT cores listed in the database. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell includes 34 RT cores and 136 tensor cores, enabling hardware-accelerated ray tracing and tensor operations.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The AMD FirePro S7150 has a TDP of 150 W and requires a 450 W suggested power supply with a single 6-pin connector. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has a TDP of 70 W, requires a 250 W suggested power supply, and uses no power connectors.

Q: Which card offers more memory bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell offers 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth, compared to 160.0 GB/s for the AMD FirePro S7150. The NVIDIA card achieves this with a 128 bit bus using GDDR7, while the AMD card uses a 256 bit bus with GDDR5.

Q: What is the production status of each card?

A: The AMD FirePro S7150 is end-of-life, released on 2016-01-31. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is active, released on 2025-08-10.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every measured specification. The process node shifts from 28 nm on the AMD side to 5 nm on the NVIDIA side. Transistor count rises from 5,000 million to 21,900 million, while die size shrinks from 366 mm² to 181 mm². Transistor density jumps from 13.7M per mm² to 121.0M per mm².

Compute resources differ substantially: shading units increase from 2048 to 4352, TMUs from 128 to 136, and ROPs from 32 to 48. The NVIDIA card adds 34 RT cores and 136 tensor cores, features entirely absent from the AMD part. Pixel rate rises from 29.44 GPixel/s to 93.94 GPixel/s, and texture rate from 117.8 GTexel/s to 266.2 GTexel/s. FP32 output rises from 3.768 TFLOPS to 17.03 TFLOPS, and FP16 from 7.537 TFLOPS (2:1) to 17.03 TFLOPS (1:1).

Memory configuration changes from 8 GB GDDR5 on a 256 bit bus to 16 GB GDDR7 on a 128 bit bus. Bandwidth increases from 160.0 GB/s to 288.0 GB/s. The AMD card's memory clock is 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective); the NVIDIA card's is 1125 MHz (18 Gbps effective).

Power and physical design diverge. The FirePro S7150 draws 150 W and is single-slot, with one 6-pin connector and a 450 W suggested PSU. The RTX PRO 2000 draws 70 W, is dual-slot, uses no power connectors, and suggests a 250 W PSU. Dimensions differ: the AMD card is 241 mm long and 111 mm high; the NVIDIA card is 167 mm long, 69 mm high, and 20 mm wide.

Bus interface and outputs change as well. The AMD card uses PCIe 3.0 x16 and has no display outputs. The NVIDIA card uses PCIe 5.0 x8 and provides 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b. API support advances from DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.2.170 to DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4. The NVIDIA card also lists a base clock of 982 MHz and a boost clock of 1957 MHz, while the AMD card lists no base or boost clocks.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two shared benchmarks between these cards, and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell wins both. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA card scores 106087 against the AMD card's 26543, a delta of 75%. This result is consistent with the raw FP32 throughput difference: 17.03 TFLOPS versus 3.768 TFLOPS. OpenCL workloads that scale with raw compute throughput will favor the NVIDIA card by a wide margin.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the NVIDIA card scores 113865 against the AMD card's 29690, a delta of 73.9%. The Vulkan result also aligns with the memory bandwidth advantage: 288.0 GB/s versus 160.0 GB/s. Vulkan workloads that stress memory bandwidth alongside compute will see the NVIDIA card pull further ahead.

Beyond the shared benchmarks, the NVIDIA card's wider benchmark suite provides additional context. In Passmark G3D, it scores 20049. In Passmark GPU Compute, it scores 8396. The DirectX-specific Passmark tests show variation: DirectX 9 scores 241, DirectX 10 scores 122, DirectX 11 scores 174, and DirectX 12 scores 80. The Passmark G2D test scores 1303. These results indicate that the NVIDIA card's performance varies by API generation, with older DirectX versions showing lower scores. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test yields 2374.5.

The AMD card's nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (average score 28020, delta 0.3%), the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X (27973, delta 0.5%), the AMD Radeon RX 7800M (27883, delta 0.8%), and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 (27839, delta 1%). These narrow deltas show the FirePro S7150 sits in a tightly packed performance cluster near its 28117 average.

The NVIDIA card's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6700M (25633, delta -1.4%), the AMD Radeon Pro W5700 (25726, delta -1.8%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile (25740, delta -1.8%), and the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile (24763, delta 2%). The negative deltas indicate the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell trails those rivals by small margins in average score, while the positive delta against the RTX A5000 Mobile shows a 2% lead.

The head-to-head data is unambiguous: the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell outperforms the FirePro S7150 in every shared test, with margins exceeding 70%. The FirePro's higher average score is a function of its limited benchmark set, not of superior performance. For any workload present in both cards' test coverage, the NVIDIA product is the faster choice.