AMD FirePro D500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D500 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FirePro D500

NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 650 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 69.6 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 1536 vs 64
10.7x better floating-point performance: 2,227 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	18 January 2014 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 64
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 274 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 274 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Name	AMD FirePro D500	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	17965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
PassMark - G2D Mark		225
PassMark - G3D Mark		658

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro D500	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tahiti	G94B
Launch date	18 January 2014	10 March 2009
Place in performance rating	698	699
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1536	64
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s	20.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	274 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3