AMD FirePro W5170M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5170M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 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).

AMD FirePro W5170M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
5.7x better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1792 vs 658
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 356 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 August 2014 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1792 vs 658
PassMark - G2D Mark	356 vs 225

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1792

658

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

356

225

Name	AMD FirePro W5170M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1792	658
PassMark - G2D Mark	356	225
Geekbench - OpenCL	8303
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5170M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tropo	G94B
Launch date	25 August 2014	10 March 2009
Place in performance rating	696	699
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	64
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	20.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	505 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		105 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro