AMD FirePro M4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M4000 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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).

AMD FirePro M4000

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 275 MHz
19.6x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
8x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
89.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1604 vs 18
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 412 vs 186

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2012 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1604 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	412 vs 186

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1604

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

412

186

Name	AMD FirePro M4000	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1604	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	412	186
Geekbench - OpenCL	5495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	424.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.072
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	79.304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M4000	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Chelsea	NV31 A1
Launch date	27 June 2012	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	945	948
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-A
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0