AMD FirePro W7000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE 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 W7000

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 540 MHz
17.6x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
160x more pipelines: 1280 vs 8
116.9x better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
51.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4255 vs 82
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 539 vs 344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 2012 vs 1 June 2008
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4255 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	539 vs 344

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4255

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

539

344

Name	AMD FirePro W7000	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	4255	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	539	344
Geekbench - OpenCL	17788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	52.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1148.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	268.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7000	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Pitcairn	G98
Launch date	13 June 2012	1 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$899
Place in performance rating	502	499
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1280	8
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2