AMD FirePro W6150M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W6150M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 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: 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro W6150M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6150M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 49.4 billion / sec
Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
Around 4% better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 1,581.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43598 vs 15038

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2015 vs 9 November 2010
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s vs 49.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	768 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops vs 1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3357
Geekbench - OpenCL	43598 vs 15038

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2698
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2698
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 478 vs 286
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4616 vs 2358

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 2698
PassMark - G2D Mark	478 vs 286
PassMark - G3D Mark	4616 vs 2358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W6150M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2698

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2698

3717

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

15038

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

286

478

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2358

4616

Name	AMD FirePro W6150M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2698	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2698	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3357
Geekbench - OpenCL	43598	15038
PassMark - G2D Mark	286	478
PassMark - G3D Mark	2358	4616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5953
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		809

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W6150M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Saturn	GF110
Launch date	12 November 2015	9 November 2010
Place in performance rating	658	660
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$289.88
Value for money (0-100)		19.21
Technical info
Core clock speed	1075 MHz	1544 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	512
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s	49.4 billion / sec
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		512
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		244 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	One 6-pin and One 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround