AMD FirePro W600 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W600 and NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 Quadro4 900 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W600

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
10x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 650 MHz
335.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1676 vs 5
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 194

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 2012 vs 19 February 2002
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1676 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	586 vs 194

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1676

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

586

194

Name	AMD FirePro W600	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1676	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	586	194
Geekbench - OpenCL	6185
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 Quadro4 900 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kelvin
Code name	Cape Verde	NV25 A2
Launch date	13 June 2012	19 February 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	919	916
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	63 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	163 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR