AMD FirePro W600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W600

• Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
• Around 21% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 620 MHz
• Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
• 2.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
• Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 349
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.857 vs 1.83
• Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 36.592 vs 29.702
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 93.116 vs 67.215

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

• Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 39.7 billion / sec vs 24 GTexel / s
• Around 24% better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
• Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 1683
• Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6389 vs 6205
• Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.415 vs 17.708
• Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 690.98 vs 585.463
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2664 vs 2331
• 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 1555
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3318 vs 3250
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2664 vs 2331
• 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 1555
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3318 vs 3250

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1683 2074
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	591 349
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	6205 6389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	17.708 24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	585.463 690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.857 1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.592 29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	93.116 67.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2331 2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1555 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3250 3318
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2331 2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1555 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3250 3318

Compare specifications (specs)