AMD FirePro S9050 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9050 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 S9050

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
7.8x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
28x more pipelines: 1792 vs 64
25.2x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 128 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 1 GB
9.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4901 vs 504

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
Pipelines	1792 vs 64
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901 vs 504

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
5x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 407 vs 369

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	407 vs 369

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9050
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4901

504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

369

407

Name	AMD FirePro S9050	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901	504
PassMark - G2D Mark	369	407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1463.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	344.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	13032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	13032

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9050	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tahiti	G94
Launch date	7 August 2014	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	373	375
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1792	64
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	13 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		192
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
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	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD