AMD FirePro W6150M vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W6150M and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 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.

AMD FirePro W6150M

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6150M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 350 MHz
36.9x more texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 286 vs 258
69.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2358 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2015 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	1075 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	286 vs 258
PassMark - G3D Mark	2358 vs 34

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W6150M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

286

258

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2358

Name	AMD FirePro W6150M	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
Geekbench - OpenCL	43598
PassMark - G2D Mark	286	258
PassMark - G3D Mark	2358	34

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W6150M	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Rankine
Code name	Saturn	NV35
Launch date	12 November 2015	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	658	661
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1075 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR