NVIDIA GeForce 945A vs ATI FirePro V9800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945A and ATI FirePro V9800 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 945A

ATI FirePro V9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945A

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
7.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 250 Watt
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.865 vs 9.718
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.991 vs 0.867
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.793 vs 27.153
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 716 vs 655

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 9 September 2010
Core clock speed	1072 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.865 vs 9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.991 vs 0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.793 vs 27.153
PassMark - G2D Mark	716 vs 655

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

2.4x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
4.2x more pipelines: 1600 vs 384
3x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 738.1 vs 381.898
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 118.756 vs 107.63
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 1852

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.1 vs 381.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	118.756 vs 107.63
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 1852

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945A
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V9800

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.865

9.718

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

381.898

738.1

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.991

0.867

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.793

27.153

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

107.63

118.756

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

716

655

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1852

2727

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945A	ATI FirePro V9800
Geekbench - OpenCL	32359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.865	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	381.898	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.991	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.793	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	107.63	118.756
PassMark - G2D Mark	716	655
PassMark - G3D Mark	1852	2727

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 945A	ATI FirePro V9800
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Cypress
Launch date	13 March 2015	9 September 2010
Place in performance rating	597	627
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1072 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	903.2 gflops	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	1600
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s	68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count		2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5