NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM vs AMD FirePro W2100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM and AMD FirePro W2100 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: 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 - 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 950 OEM

AMD FirePro W2100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 630 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 680 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 60.8 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 320
4.5x better floating-point performance: 1,946 gflops vs 435.2 gflops
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 56.869 vs 10.438
3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 917.535 vs 289.646
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.351 vs 0.991
Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.323 vs 19.794
Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 86.304 vs 50.338

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2016 vs 12 August 2014
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 630 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops vs 435.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869 vs 10.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535 vs 289.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351 vs 0.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323 vs 19.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304 vs 50.338

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W2100

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

56.869

10.438

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

917.535

289.646

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.351

0.991

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.323

19.794

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

86.304

50.338

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	AMD FirePro W2100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869	10.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535	289.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351	0.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323	19.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304	50.338
PassMark - G3D Mark		869
PassMark - G2D Mark		318
Geekbench - OpenCL		3724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1058

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	AMD FirePro W2100
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM206	Oland
Launch date	1 January 2016	12 August 2014
Place in performance rating	1210	1211
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	680 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz	630 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops	435.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	320
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,040 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		400 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		2
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Low Profile / Half Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	n / a
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Powerplay