AMD FirePro W8100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8100 and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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 W8100

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 824 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
36.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7333 vs 202
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 727 vs 413

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2014 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	824 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7333 vs 202
PassMark - G2D Mark	727 vs 413

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 131.8 GTexel / s
2x lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 220 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 131.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 220 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7333

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

727

413

Name	AMD FirePro W8100	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	7333	202
PassMark - G2D Mark	727	413
Geekbench - OpenCL	34705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	93.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2333.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.816
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	112.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	440.107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W8100	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Hawaii	G71
Launch date	23 June 2014	5 June 2006
Place in performance rating	389	386
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2560
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	279 mm	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3