AMD FirePro W4190M vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4190M and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4190M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 589 MHz
  • 9.2x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
  • 48x more pipelines: 384 vs 8
  • 30.8x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 9.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1148 vs 126
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 November 2015 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 8
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1148 vs 126

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 309 vs 180
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 309 vs 180

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4190M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1148
126
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
180
309
Name AMD FirePro W4190M NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1148 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 309
Geekbench - OpenCL 23384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 284.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.417
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2529
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2529
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3889

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W4190M NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Opal GT218
Launch date 12 November 2015 26 November 2009
Place in performance rating 1066 519
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz
Core clock speed 825 MHz 589 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 8
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 2.356 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 260 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 31 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay