AMD FirePro S7100X vs NVIDIA GeForce 830A

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and NVIDIA GeForce 830A 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: 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 - 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 S7100X

NVIDIA GeForce 830A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
5x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 2048 vs 256
5x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 22 July 2014
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 256
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830A

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 723 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 100 Watt

Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 830A

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GeForce 830A
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677
PassMark - G3D Mark		1188
PassMark - G2D Mark		407
Geekbench - OpenCL		4315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2889
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3302

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GeForce 830A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Maxwell
Code name	Amethyst	GM108
Launch date	25 May 2016	22 July 2014
Place in performance rating	796	798
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	1082 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	588.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	256
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million
Boost clock speed		1150 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3