NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) vs AMD FirePro W5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 73% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • 6.3x more texture fill rate: 283.4 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 768
  • 6.4x better floating-point performance: 9,068 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 4.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 55548 vs 11724
  • 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 150.103 vs 35.15
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2036.763 vs 838.518
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.035 vs 3.199
  • 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 819.934 vs 163.258
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20151 vs 4397
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4646 vs 3688
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4195 vs 3356
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20151 vs 4397
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4646 vs 3688
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4195 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2016 vs 31 March 2014
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate 283.4 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 768
Floating-point performance 9,068 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 55548 vs 11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 150.103 vs 35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2036.763 vs 838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.035 vs 3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 819.934 vs 163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20151 vs 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4646 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4195 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20151 vs 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4646 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4195 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • 600x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 10 GB/s
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.354 vs 27.417
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.354 vs 27.417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5100

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
55548
11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.103
35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2036.763
838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.035
3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.417
57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
819.934
163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20151
4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4646
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4195
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20151
4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4646
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4195
3356
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) AMD FirePro W5100
Geekbench - OpenCL 55548 11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 150.103 35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2036.763 838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.035 3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.417 57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 819.934 163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20151 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4646 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4195 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20151 4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4646 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4195 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7209
PassMark - G3D Mark 2978
PassMark - G2D Mark 531

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) AMD FirePro W5100

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP104 Bonaire
Launch date 15 August 2016 31 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $499.99
Place in performance rating 254 627
Price now $439.99
Type Laptop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 43.70

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1771 MHz
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 930 MHz
CUDA cores 2560
Floating-point performance 9,068 gflops 1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 2560 768
Texture fill rate 283.4 GTexel / s 44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI 4x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
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 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 10 GB/s 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready