AMD FirePro W6150M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W6150M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6150M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 41.6 GTexel / s
  • 6x more pipelines: 768 vs 128
  • 4x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1640 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3342
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3342
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 286 vs 77
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2358 vs 568
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 November 2015 vs 11 December 2007
Core clock speed 1075 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s vs 41.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 128
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 1640 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3342
PassMark - G2D Mark 286 vs 77
PassMark - G3D Mark 2358 vs 568

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W6150M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3342
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
286
77
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2358
568
Name AMD FirePro W6150M NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3342
Geekbench - OpenCL 43598
PassMark - G2D Mark 286 77
PassMark - G3D Mark 2358 568

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W6150M NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Tesla
Code name Saturn G92
Launch date 12 November 2015 11 December 2007
Place in performance rating 655 1322
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Core clock speed 1075 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 768 128
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s 41.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 754 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 254 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s 52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1640 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3