AMD FirePro W5000 vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5000 and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 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).

AMD FirePro W5000

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 94% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 425 MHz
23.3x more texture fill rate: 39.6 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
5.8x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 550 MHz
85.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2989 vs 35
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 310

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2012 vs 17 February 2004
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2989 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 310

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

7x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2989

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

310

Name	AMD FirePro W5000	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750
PassMark - G3D Mark	2989	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	310
Geekbench - OpenCL	9969
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5000	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Pitcairn	NV39
Launch date	7 August 2012	17 February 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	563	560
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Length	183 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR