AMD FirePro W5100 vs NVIDIA Quadro K2000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5100 and NVIDIA Quadro K2000 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 30.53 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
  • Around 95% better floating-point performance: 1,428 gflops vs 732.7 gflops
  • Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 51 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2978 vs 1578
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 531 vs 385
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11724 vs 4071
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 35.15 vs 14.332
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 838.518 vs 265.424
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.199 vs 1.093
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.354 vs 15.009
  • 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 163.258 vs 38.219
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4397 vs 2446
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 1631
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1974
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4397 vs 2446
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 1631
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1974
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 March 2014 vs 1 March 2013
Texture fill rate 44.64 GTexel / s vs 30.53 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops vs 732.7 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 51 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2978 vs 1578
PassMark - G2D Mark 531 vs 385
Geekbench - OpenCL 11724 vs 4071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 35.15 vs 14.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 838.518 vs 265.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.199 vs 1.093
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.354 vs 15.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 163.258 vs 38.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4397 vs 2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 vs 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 1974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4397 vs 2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 vs 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 1974

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2000

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 930 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 930 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K2000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2978
1578
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
531
385
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
4071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.15
14.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
838.518
265.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.199
1.093
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
57.354
15.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
163.258
38.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4397
2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
1974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4397
2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
1974
Name AMD FirePro W5100 NVIDIA Quadro K2000
PassMark - G3D Mark 2978 1578
PassMark - G2D Mark 531 385
Geekbench - OpenCL 11724 4071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 35.15 14.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 838.518 265.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.199 1.093
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.354 15.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 163.258 38.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4397 2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 1974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4397 2446
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 1974
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W5100 NVIDIA Quadro K2000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Bonaire GK107
Launch date 31 March 2014 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 627 1206
Type Workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Price now $164.99
Value for money (0-100) 11.74

Technical info

Core clock speed 930 MHz 954 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 732.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 384
Texture fill rate 44.64 GTexel / s 30.53 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 51 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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 2.0 x16
Length 171 mm 202 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5