AMD Radeon Pro 555 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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 - 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 Radeon Pro 555

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 2 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
15.4x more memory clock speed: 5100 MHz vs 332 MHz
392.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3141 vs 8
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3141 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	659 vs 247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

19.6x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 40.8 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 40.8 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

659

247

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 555	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	3141	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	659	247
Geekbench - OpenCL	11389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	572.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	162.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 555	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rankine
Code name	Polaris 21	NV34 A1
Launch date	5 June 2017	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	712	701
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,306 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	40.8 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	81.6 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0