In short, while the test gives a good indication of 3D performance, there is no substitute for testing with your own datasets. The same goes for models that are made up of relatively simple geometry. It’s important to note that if you work with particularly large models, perhaps in the order of gigabytes, the results from this test might not be as relevant. The largest assembly, an engine, is under 500MB and uses a few hundred MB of GPU memory. SolidWorks 2013 SPECapc is a very involved graphics-focused benchmark, which uses a variety of models, mostly automotive, though they are not particularly complex as far as CAD models go. Turn off ‘wait for vertical sync’ in the graphics driver, reboot between tests, and let your machine settle for 15mins before starting. If you are a user of SolidWorks 2013, we’d recommend you give it a try so you can compare your machine to our tests results. We tested with the new SolidWorks 2013 SPECapc benchmark, which can be downloaded for free from for non-commercial use. We’d hazard a guess that it will be called the Quadro K6000. However, we expect one will materialise later this year, most likely a professional variant of the consumer GeForce GTX Titan. Nvidia doesn’t yet have an ultra high-end board for powerwalls or digital mockup. The Quadro K5000 (4GB) is a high-end card for very large assembly modelling or design visualisation. The Quadro K200 (2GB) and Quadro K4000 (3GB) are mid-range boards, designed to hit the sweet spot for mainstream CAD. The Quadro K600 (1GB) is an entry-level card, for small assembly modelling. Nvidia currently has four cards in its Kepler-based Quadro family. This was included in our tests but we omitted the FirePro W9000 because we had previously found there to be very little difference to the W8000 when it comes to 3D CAD performance. Instead, this position is being filled by the FirePro V4900 (1GB), a member of AMD’s previous generation FirePro family. The FirePro W8000 (4GB) and W9000 (6GB) are more suited to high-end applications including design visualisation and digital mockup, or for workflows that can harness the power of the GPU for GPU compute - for OpenCL-compliant FEA, CFD or rendering applications.ĪMD doesn’t currently have a dedicated entrylevel FirePro W-Series card. The FirePro W5000 (2GB) and W7000 (4GB) are mid-range boards, specifically designed for mainstream CAD. AMD FirePro W-SeriesĪMD currently has four cards in its FirePro W-Series.
So which cards are best - specifically for designers and engineers who rely on two of the most popular 3D CAD packages: SolidWorks 2013 and PTC Creo 2.0? To find out we put all the cards through a rigorous testing process using the latest SPECapc benchmarks from. The Quadro K600, K2000 and K4000 were primed to go head to head with the best AMD has to offer. Nvidia responded and lifted the lid on its CAD-focused Kepler GPUs.
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