AMD FirePro W4300 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4300 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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 W4300

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
6x more pipelines: 768 vs 128
3.3x better floating-point performance: 1,428 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 140 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2798 vs 769
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 601 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2015 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	768 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2798 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	601 vs 366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Around 82% higher core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 930 MHz

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 930 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2798

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

601

366

Name	AMD FirePro W4300	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	2798	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	601	366
Geekbench - OpenCL	11008
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)	2.986
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 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Tesla
Code name	Bonaire	G92
Launch date	1 December 2015	28 March 2008
Place in performance rating	435	438
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	768	128
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	171 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI