AMD FirePro W5100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5100 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 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 - 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 W5100

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
12.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2978 vs 244
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 531 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 March 2014 vs 11 August 2005
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2978 vs 244
PassMark - G2D Mark	531 vs 273

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2978

244

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

531

273

Name	AMD FirePro W5100	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2978	244
PassMark - G2D Mark	531	273
Geekbench - OpenCL	11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5100	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Bonaire	G70
Launch date	31 March 2014	11 August 2005
Place in performance rating	627	624
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$80
Value for money (0-100)		3.16
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
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	171 mm	226 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3