AMD FirePro W5000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM 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 - 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 W5000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 776 MHz
  • Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 39.6 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 768 vs 288
  • Around 42% better floating-point performance: 1,267 gflops vs 894.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2974 vs 2006
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 568 vs 443
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 1914
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 1914
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 August 2012 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 776 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.6 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 288
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops vs 894.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2974 vs 2006
PassMark - G2D Mark 568 vs 443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 1914

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 102 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 102 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2974
2006
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
568
443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
1914
Name AMD FirePro W5000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 2974 2006
PassMark - G2D Mark 568 443
Geekbench - OpenCL 10275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.758
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 1914
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 1914

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W5000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Pitcairn GF114
Launch date 7 August 2012 24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Place in performance rating 556 557
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 825 MHz 776 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops 894.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 288
Texture fill rate 39.6 GTexel / s 37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 102 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Half Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 183 mm 210 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 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB / s 91.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 3828 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5