AMD FirePro W5100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 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 Quadro FX 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 300 MHz
18.6x more texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 600 MHz
88x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2993 vs 34
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 536 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 March 2014 vs 21 January 2003
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2993 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	536 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2993

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

536

266

Name	AMD FirePro W5100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G3D Mark	2993	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	536	266
Geekbench - OpenCL	11662
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 Quadro FX 1000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Rankine
Code name	Bonaire	NV30
Launch date	31 March 2014	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	644	641
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	125 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	AGP 8x
Length	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2