AMD FirePro R5000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro R5000 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FirePro R5000

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro R5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
6x more pipelines: 768 vs 128
2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,267 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 625 vs 366
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2647 vs 769

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2013 vs 28 March 2008
Pipelines	768 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	625 vs 366
PassMark - G3D Mark	2647 vs 769

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

2x more core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 825 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 43.2 billion / sec vs 39.6 GTexel / s
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 350 Watt

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.2 billion / sec vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro R5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

625

366

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2647

769

Name	AMD FirePro R5000	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342
PassMark - G2D Mark	625	366
PassMark - G3D Mark	2647	769

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro R5000	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Pitcairn	G92
Launch date	25 February 2013	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,099	$299
Place in performance rating	408	411
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	768	128
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Dual-link DVI support
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI