NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD FirePro W7000
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD FirePro W7000 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 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 950 MHz
- 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 350 Watt
- Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6065 vs 4279
- Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 543
- Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18323 vs 18150
- Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 52.467
- Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 6475
- Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 6475
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 22 January 2015 vs 13 June 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 1127 MHz vs 950 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 350 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6065 vs 4279 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 675 vs 543 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18323 vs 18150 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 vs 52.467 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 vs 4.886 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 vs 6475 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 vs 6475 |
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000
- Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
- Around 1% better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- 685.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1148.367 vs 792.44
- 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.472 vs 35.338
- Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 268.49 vs 200.825
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3691
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3335
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3691
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3335
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 76 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 1024 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,432 gflops vs 2,413 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1148.367 vs 792.44 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 85.472 vs 35.338 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 268.49 vs 200.825 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3714 vs 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3335 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3714 vs 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3335 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7000
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD FirePro W7000 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6065 | 4279 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 675 | 543 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18323 | 18150 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 | 52.467 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 792.44 | 1148.367 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 | 4.886 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.338 | 85.472 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 200.825 | 268.49 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 | 6475 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | 3714 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3335 | 3359 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 | 6475 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | 3714 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3335 | 3359 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2283 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM206 | Pitcairn |
| Launch date | 22 January 2015 | 13 June 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $899 |
| Place in performance rating | 496 | 497 |
| 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 | 950 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops | 2,432 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 72 billion / sec | 76 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,940 million | 2,800 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) | 242 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| SLI options | 2x | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pins | 1x 6-pin |
| Form factor | Full Height / Full Length | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_1) |
| 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 | 153.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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