AMD FirePro W5000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
- Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 530
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3666
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3306
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3666
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3306
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 August 2012 vs 22 March 2012 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 569 vs 530 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 vs 3666 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3306 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 vs 3666 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3306 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
- Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 825 MHz
- 3.3x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 39.6 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
- 2.4x better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
- Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 195 Watt vs 350 Watt
- Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 3200 MHz
- Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5568 vs 2985
- Around 85% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18403 vs 9969
- Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 989.685 vs 771.327
- Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.645 vs 2.758
- Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7222 vs 4308
- Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7222 vs 4308
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1006 MHz vs 825 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 128.8 billion / sec vs 39.6 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1536 vs 768 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,090.4 gflops vs 1,267 gflops |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 195 Watt vs 350 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz vs 3200 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5568 vs 2985 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18403 vs 9969 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 989.685 vs 771.327 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.645 vs 2.758 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7222 vs 4308 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7222 vs 4308 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
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| Name | AMD FirePro W5000 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2985 | 5568 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 569 | 530 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9969 | 18403 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 771.327 | 989.685 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.758 | 4.645 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4308 | 7222 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 | 3666 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3306 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4308 | 7222 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 | 3666 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 3306 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 46.086 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 36.463 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 99.577 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2004 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD FirePro W5000 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Pitcairn | GK104 |
| Launch date | 7 August 2012 | 22 March 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $499 |
| Place in performance rating | 559 | 560 |
| Type | Workstation | Desktop |
| Price now | $579.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 12.83 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 1006 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,267 gflops | 3,090.4 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 768 | 1536 |
| Texture fill rate | 39.6 GTexel / s | 128.8 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 350 Watt | 195 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 3,540 million |
| Boost clock speed | 1058 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... |
| DisplayPort count | 2 | |
| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
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| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Form factor | Full Height / Half Length | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 183 mm | 10.0" (25.4 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | Two 6-pin |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| SLI options | 3-way | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2048 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 102.4 GB / s | 192.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256-bit GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz | 6008 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
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| TXAA | ||
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