AMD FirePro W8000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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: 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 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.3x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
14x more pipelines: 1792 vs 128
7.5x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1100 MHz
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4149 vs 769
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 489 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2012 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1792 vs 128
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4149 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	489 vs 366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 350 Watt

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 900 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4149

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

489

366

Name	AMD FirePro W8000	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	4149	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	489	366
Geekbench - OpenCL	82941
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 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tahiti	G92
Launch date	14 June 2012	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$299
Place in performance rating	409	411
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1792	128
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	176 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI