NVIDIA GeForce 945A vs AMD FirePro D700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945A and AMD FirePro D700 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 945A

AMD FirePro D700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 850 MHz
8.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 274 Watt
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 32359 vs 25129

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed	1072 MHz vs 850 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 274 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	32359 vs 25129

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D700

3.9x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
3.9x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 5480 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 74.325 vs 28.865
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1338.806 vs 381.898
3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.419 vs 1.991
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 91.354 vs 30.793

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5480 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	74.325 vs 28.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1338.806 vs 381.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.419 vs 1.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.354 vs 30.793

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945A
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D700

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

32359

25129

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.865

74.325

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

381.898

1338.806

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.991

6.419

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.793

91.354

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945A	AMD FirePro D700
Geekbench - OpenCL	32359	25129
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.865	74.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	381.898	1338.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.991	6.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.793	91.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	107.63
PassMark - G2D Mark	716
PassMark - G3D Mark	1852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 945A	AMD FirePro D700
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Tahiti
Launch date	13 March 2015	18 January 2014
Place in performance rating	594	595
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1072 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	903.2 gflops	3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	2048
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s	108.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	274 Watt
Transistor count		4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	263.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5480 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5