AMD FirePro W8000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i 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 - 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 W8000

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
32.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4164 vs 129
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 528 vs 367

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4164 vs 129
PassMark - G2D Mark	528 vs 367

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

8.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4164

129

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

528

367

Name	AMD FirePro W8000	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
PassMark - G3D Mark	4164	129
PassMark - G2D Mark	528	367
Geekbench - OpenCL	24518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W8000	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tahiti	MCP79MX
Launch date	14 June 2012	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599
Place in performance rating	437	439
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	PCI
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5