AMD FirePro S7150 x2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7150 x2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM 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).

AMD FirePro S7150 x2

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7150 x2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 924 MHz
34.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 117.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 60.8 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 2x 1792 vs 1024
3.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,763 gflops vs 1,946 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	1 February 2016 vs 1 January 2016
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 924 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 117.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 60.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1792 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2x 3,763 gflops vs 1,946 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7150 x2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Name	AMD FirePro S7150 x2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		56.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		917.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		86.304

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7150 x2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Tonga	GM206
Launch date	1 February 2016	1 January 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,999
Place in performance rating	not rated	1175
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	924 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 3,763 gflops	1,946 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 1792	1024
Texture fill rate	2x 117.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	60.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	265 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	2,940 million
Boost clock speed		950 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5