AMD FirePro W9100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W9100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A 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 W9100

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
10.4x more texture fill rate: 163.7 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
7.3x more pipelines: 2816 vs 384
7x better floating-point performance: 5,238 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
12x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7987 vs 668
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 752 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 March 2014 vs 26 August 2013
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 384
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7987 vs 668
PassMark - G2D Mark	752 vs 300

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 930 MHz
22.7x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 750 Watt

Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 930 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 750 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W9100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7987

668

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

752

300

Name	AMD FirePro W9100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
PassMark - G3D Mark	7987	668
PassMark - G2D Mark	752	300
Geekbench - OpenCL	43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	32085

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W9100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Hawaii	GK208
Launch date	26 March 2014	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	190	507
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2816	384
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s	15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	750 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
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 3.0 x8
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3