AMD FirePro V4900 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V4900 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 V4900

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 275 MHz
17.5x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
8x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
54.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 988 vs 18
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 309 vs 186

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2011 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	988 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	309 vs 186

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V4900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

309

186

Name	AMD FirePro V4900	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	988	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	309	186
Geekbench - OpenCL	12641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7745

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V4900	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rankine
Code name	Turks	NV31 A1
Launch date	1 November 2011	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	947	948
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	163 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR