AMD FirePro W600 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W600 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M 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 W600

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W600

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 400 MHz
15x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 512 vs 8
60x better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
17.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1671 vs 97
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 603 vs 190

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 2012 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 8
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1671 vs 97
PassMark - G2D Mark	603 vs 190

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M

7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1671

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

603

190

Name	AMD FirePro W600	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1671	97
PassMark - G2D Mark	603	190
Geekbench - OpenCL	6231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	17.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	585.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	36.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	93.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3250

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W600	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Cape Verde	G86
Launch date	13 June 2012	9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	907	910
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	512	8
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	163 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
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