AMD FirePro M4150 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M4150 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M4150

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M4150

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 715 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 140 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
20x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 200 MHz
120.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 961 vs 8
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 177 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 October 2013 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	715 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	961 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	177 vs 152

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

53.6x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M4150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

961

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

177

152

Name	AMD FirePro M4150	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	961	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	177	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	3545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M4150	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Opal	NV34 B1
Launch date	16 October 2013	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1092	1095
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$36.99
Price now		$36.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	715 MHz	230 MHz
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.16 GTexel / s	920 MTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Length		152 mm
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	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR