NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and AMD FirePro W9000 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 975 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	21 May 2018 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1392 MHz vs 975 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 589
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6138 vs 5062

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	720 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	6138 vs 5062

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

720

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5062

6138

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD FirePro W9000
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8368
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	720
PassMark - G3D Mark	5062	6138
Geekbench - OpenCL		31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		460.234

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP107	Tahiti
Launch date	21 May 2018	14 June 2012
Place in performance rating	339	342
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz
Core clock speed	1392 MHz	975 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,994 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Texture fill rate		124.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	5500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory bandwidth		264 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5