AMD FirePro W5170M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 22% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 738 MHz
- 3.1x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
- 20x more pipelines: 640 vs 32
- 10.1x better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- 4.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1008 MHz
- 11.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1788 vs 160
- 7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 366 vs 52
- Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 1731
- Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 1731
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 25 August 2014 vs 10 March 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz vs 738 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 37 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 640 vs 32 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,184 gflops vs 117.5 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz vs 1008 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1788 vs 160 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 366 vs 52 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 vs 1731 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 vs 1731 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3689 vs 3189
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3689 vs 3189
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3689 vs 3189 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3689 vs 3189 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
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| Name | AMD FirePro W5170M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1788 | 160 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 366 | 52 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 7983 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3409 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3409 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3189 | 3689 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3189 | 3689 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 | 1731 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 | 1731 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 179.899 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1813.265 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.817 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 38.948 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 757.451 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD FirePro W5170M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Tesla |
| Code name | Tropo | G96C |
| Launch date | 25 August 2014 | 10 March 2009 |
| Place in performance rating | 681 | 684 |
| Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 738 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,184 gflops | 117.5 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 32 |
| Texture fill rate | 37 GTexel / s | 11.81 GTexel / s |
| Transistor count | 1,500 million | 314 million |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| Length | 168 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB / s | 16.13 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz | 1008 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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