AMD FirePro W9100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W9100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 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 Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1210 MHz
32.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7580 vs 236
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 653

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 March 2014 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7580 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	747 vs 653

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 163.7 GTexel / s
5.2x lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 750 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 750 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W9100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7580

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

747

653

Name	AMD FirePro W9100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	7580	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	747	653
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 Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Curie
Code name	Hawaii	G71
Launch date	26 March 2014	24 April 2006
Place in performance rating	201	202
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2816
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	750 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	4x DVI
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	275 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1210 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3