AMD FirePro W7000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE 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 9500M GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
53.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 24
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
40.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4253 vs 104
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 541 vs 320

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 2012 vs 9 January 2008
Pipelines	1280 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4253 vs 104
PassMark - G2D Mark	541 vs 320

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

14x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4253

104

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

541

320

Name	AMD FirePro W7000	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
PassMark - G3D Mark	4253	104
PassMark - G2D Mark	541	320
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 9500M GE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	Pitcairn	MCP79Mx + NB9M
Launch date	13 June 2012	9 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$899
Place in performance rating	508	509
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1280	24
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort
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
Length	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		1