AMD FirePro M5950 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M5950 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 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 M5950

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 425 MHz
10.2x more texture fill rate: 17.4 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 650 MHz
36.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1314 vs 36
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 1 April 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1314 vs 36
PassMark - G2D Mark	574 vs 178

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M5950
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1314

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

574

178

Name	AMD FirePro M5950	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
PassMark - G3D Mark	1314	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	574	178
Geekbench - OpenCL	1279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M5950	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rankine
Code name	Whistler	NV36 A1
Launch date	4 January 2011	1 April 2004
Place in performance rating	996	998
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$169.75
Price now		$101.25
Value for money (0-100)		0.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0