AMD FirePro W6150M vs NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W6150M and NVIDIA GeForce 930A 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6150M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 928 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 8.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43598 vs 5317
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 286 vs 216
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2358 vs 1267
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 November 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1075 MHz vs 928 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3357
Geekbench - OpenCL 43598 vs 5317
PassMark - G2D Mark 286 vs 216
PassMark - G3D Mark 2358 vs 1267

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3192 vs 2698
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3192 vs 2698
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3192 vs 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3192 vs 2698

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W6150M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930A

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2698
3192
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2698
3192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3357
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
43598
5317
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
286
216
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2358
1267
Name AMD FirePro W6150M NVIDIA GeForce 930A
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2698 3192
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2698 3192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3357
Geekbench - OpenCL 43598 5317
PassMark - G2D Mark 286 216
PassMark - G3D Mark 2358 1267
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2081

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W6150M NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Maxwell
Code name Saturn GM108
Launch date 12 November 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 658 917
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1075 MHz 928 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops 722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 384
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s 22.58 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million
Boost clock speed 941 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3