AMD FirePro W4300 vs NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4300 and NVIDIA Quadro 5000M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 405 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 16.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 768 vs 320
  • 2.8x better floating-point performance: 1,428 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 2.3x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1792 MB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2818 vs 2060
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 426
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6161 vs 5249
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 17597 vs 7205
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6161 vs 5249
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 17597 vs 7205
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 December 2015 vs 27 July 2010
Core clock speed 930 MHz vs 405 MHz
Texture fill rate 44.64 GTexel / s vs 16.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 320
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1792 MB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2818 vs 2060
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 vs 426
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6161 vs 5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 17597 vs 7205
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6161 vs 5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 17597 vs 7205

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 23008 vs 10312
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 23008 vs 10312

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4300
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2818
2060
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
659
426
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10312
23008
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6161
5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17597
7205
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6161
5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17597
7205
Name AMD FirePro W4300 NVIDIA Quadro 5000M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2818 2060
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 426
Geekbench - OpenCL 10312 23008
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 5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 17597 7205
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6161 5249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 17597 7205

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W4300 NVIDIA Quadro 5000M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi
Code name Bonaire GF100
Launch date 1 December 2015 27 July 2010
Place in performance rating 416 414
Type Workstation Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 930 MHz 405 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 320
Texture fill rate 44.64 GTexel / s 16.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 171 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1792 MB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 2400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
ECC (Error Correcting Code)