NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs AMD FirePro W6150M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q and AMD FirePro W6150M 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

AMD FirePro W6150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 53.12 GTexel / s vs 51.6 GTexel / s
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 1,700 gflops vs 1,651 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4020 vs 2358

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2018 vs 12 November 2015
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s vs 51.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops vs 1,651 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4020 vs 2358

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6150M

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 999 MHz
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43598 vs 12601
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2698 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 1341
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2698 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 1341

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1075 MHz vs 999 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	286 vs 285
Geekbench - OpenCL	43598 vs 12601
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2698 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2698 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 1341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W6150M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4020

2358

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

285

286

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12601

43598

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

2698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

2698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3360

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD FirePro W6150M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4020	2358
PassMark - G2D Mark	285	286
Geekbench - OpenCL	12601	43598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1491	2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1341	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1491	2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1341	3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD FirePro W6150M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP107	Saturn
Launch date	3 January 2018	12 November 2015
Place in performance rating	656	657
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz
Core clock speed	999 MHz	1075 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops	1,651 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	768
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s	51.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	88 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0