AMD FirePro W4100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A 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, 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 W4100

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4100

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 20.16 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 96
Around 79% better floating-point performance: 645.1 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1504 vs 574
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 453 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 August 2014 vs 1 July 2014
Texture fill rate	20.16 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 96
Floating-point performance	645.1 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1504 vs 574
PassMark - G2D Mark	453 vs 212

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 630 MHz
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11927 vs 5447

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	938 MHz vs 630 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11927 vs 5447

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1504

574

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

453

212

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5447

11927

Name	AMD FirePro W4100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1504	574
PassMark - G2D Mark	453	212
Geekbench - OpenCL	5447	11927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	538.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	75.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1620

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W4100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Cape Verde	GF117
Launch date	13 August 2014	1 July 2014
Place in performance rating	965	966
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	630 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	645.1 gflops	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	96
Texture fill rate	20.16 GTexel / s	15.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Low Profile / Half Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
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	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Powerplay