AMD FirePro W5130M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5130M and NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL 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 - 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 W5130M

NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5130M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 525 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 29.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
14.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1410 vs 95
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 301 vs 243

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 October 2015 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1410 vs 95
PassMark - G2D Mark	301 vs 243

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5130M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1410

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

301

243

Name	AMD FirePro W5130M	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1410	95
PassMark - G2D Mark	301	243
Geekbench - OpenCL	5224
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	505.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	89.784
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2090
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2090
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2582

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5130M	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tropo	NV43 A2
Launch date	2 October 2015	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	1116	710
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	525 MHz
Floating-point performance	947.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.6 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro