NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) vs AMD FirePro W5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) and AMD FirePro W5100 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 59.72 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
  • Around 34% better floating-point performance: 1,911 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4462 vs 2988
  • Around 50% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17472 vs 11683
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.209 vs 35.15
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.536 vs 3.199
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 223.683 vs 163.258
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7239 vs 4397
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3721 vs 3688
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7239 vs 4397
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3721 vs 3688
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2017 vs 31 March 2014
Core clock speed 1354 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate 59.72 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,911 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4462 vs 2988
Geekbench - OpenCL 17472 vs 11683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.209 vs 35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.536 vs 3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.683 vs 163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7239 vs 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3721 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7239 vs 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3721 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 536 vs 292
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 838.518 vs 799.414
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.354 vs 30.523
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 536 vs 292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 838.518 vs 799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.354 vs 30.523

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4462
2988
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
292
536
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17472
11683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
67.209
35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
799.414
838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.536
3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.523
57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
223.683
163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7239
4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3721
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7239
4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3721
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) AMD FirePro W5100
PassMark - G3D Mark 4462 2988
PassMark - G2D Mark 292 536
Geekbench - OpenCL 17472 11683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.209 35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 799.414 838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.536 3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.523 57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.683 163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7239 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3721 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7239 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3721 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2089

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) AMD FirePro W5100

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP106B Bonaire
Launch date 1 February 2017 31 March 2014
Place in performance rating 643 646
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1493 MHz
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,911 gflops 1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 768
Texture fill rate 59.72 GTexel / s 44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Half Length
Length 171 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection