NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD FirePro W5100
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 960
- Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
- Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 930 MHz
- Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 44.64 GTexel / s
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
- Around 69% better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 2978
- Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 531
- Around 60% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 11724
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 35.15
- Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 3.199
- Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 200.825 vs 163.258
- Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 4397
- Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 4397
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 22 January 2015 vs 31 March 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 1127 MHz vs 930 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 72 billion / sec vs 44.64 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1024 vs 768 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops vs 1,428 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6111 vs 2978 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 vs 531 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18734 vs 11724 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 vs 35.15 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 vs 3.199 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 200.825 vs 163.258 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 vs 4397 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 vs 3688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 vs 4397 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 vs 3688 |
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100
- 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 120 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- 857.1x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 838.518 vs 792.44
- Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.354 vs 35.338
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3335
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3335
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 120 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 838.518 vs 792.44 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 57.354 vs 35.338 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 vs 3335 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 vs 3335 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5100
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD FirePro W5100 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6111 | 2978 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 | 531 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18734 | 11724 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 | 35.15 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 792.44 | 838.518 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 | 3.199 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.338 | 57.354 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 200.825 | 163.258 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 | 4397 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | 3688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3335 | 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 | 4397 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | 3688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3335 | 3356 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 162 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Code name | GM206 | Bonaire |
| Launch date | 22 January 2015 | 31 March 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
| Place in performance rating | 514 | 627 |
| Price now | $229.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Workstation |
| Value for money (0-100) | 34.63 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1127 MHz | 930 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops | 1,428 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 768 |
| Texture fill rate | 72 billion / sec | 44.64 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,940 million | 2,080 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 4x DisplayPort |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| Multi monitor support | ||
| DisplayPort count | 4 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | 171 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| SLI options | 2x | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pins | None |
| Form factor | Full Height / Half Length | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB / s | 96 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 6000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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