NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs AMD FirePro W7000
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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. 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 950 MHz
- 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 350 Watt
- Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
- Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 631 vs 543
- Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 3714
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 3359
- Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 3714
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 3359
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 13 June 2012 |
Core clock speed | 1029 MHz vs 950 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 350 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 631 vs 543 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5834 vs 3714 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7859 vs 3359 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5834 vs 3714 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 7859 vs 3359 |
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000
- Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
- Around 75% better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4279 vs 2411
- Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18150 vs 12495
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 52.467 vs 49.772
- Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1148.367 vs 757.295
- Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.886 vs 3.67
- Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.472 vs 49.875
- Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 268.49 vs 179.567
- Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6475 vs 5157
- Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6475 vs 5157
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 76 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1280 vs 640 |
Floating-point performance | 2,432 gflops vs 1,389 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 4279 vs 2411 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 18150 vs 12495 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 52.467 vs 49.772 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1148.367 vs 757.295 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.886 vs 3.67 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 85.472 vs 49.875 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 268.49 vs 179.567 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6475 vs 5157 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6475 vs 5157 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7000
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A | AMD FirePro W7000 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2411 | 4279 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 631 | 543 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 12495 | 18150 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 49.772 | 52.467 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 757.295 | 1148.367 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.67 | 4.886 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 49.875 | 85.472 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 179.567 | 268.49 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5157 | 6475 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5834 | 3714 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7859 | 3359 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5157 | 6475 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5834 | 3714 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 7859 | 3359 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A | AMD FirePro W7000 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GM107 | Pitcairn |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 13 June 2012 |
Place in performance rating | 475 | 497 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1085 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 950 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,389 gflops | 2,432 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 640 | 1280 |
Texture fill rate | 43.4 GTexel / s | 76 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 350 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 2,800 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort count | 4 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Form factor | Full Height / Full Length | |
Length | 242 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_1) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 80.19 GB / s | 153.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 4800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |