AMD FirePro W4300 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4300 and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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 W4300

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 110 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
14x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2818 vs 202
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 413

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2015 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2818 vs 202
PassMark - G2D Mark	659 vs 413

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

4.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 44.64 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 44.64 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2818

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

659

413

Name	AMD FirePro W4300	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2818	202
PassMark - G2D Mark	659	413
Geekbench - OpenCL	10312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	828.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.985
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	59.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	152.484
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	17597
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	17597

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W4300	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Bonaire	G71
Launch date	1 December 2015	5 June 2006
Place in performance rating	416	376
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	171 mm	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3