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.

 

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 1209 1210
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