AMD FirePro S4000X vs NVIDIA NVS 5400M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S4000X and NVIDIA NVS 5400M 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 S4000X

NVIDIA NVS 5400M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S4000X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 660 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
3.9x better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 19.089 vs 5.068
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 478.725 vs 229.562
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.08 vs 0.635
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 34.934 vs 11.384
4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 92.567 vs 19.696

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 96
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.089 vs 5.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	478.725 vs 229.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.08 vs 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.934 vs 11.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	92.567 vs 19.696

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5400M

Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S4000X
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 5400M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.089

5.068

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

478.725

229.562

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.08

0.635

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34.934

11.384

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

92.567

19.696

Name	AMD FirePro S4000X	NVIDIA NVS 5400M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.089	5.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	478.725	229.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.08	0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.934	11.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	92.567	19.696
PassMark - G3D Mark		624
PassMark - G2D Mark		187
Geekbench - OpenCL		2101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2282
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2282

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S4000X	NVIDIA NVS 5400M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Venus	GF108
Launch date	7 August 2014	1 June 2012
Place in performance rating	1435	1438
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	660 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops	253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	96
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	MXM-A
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus