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
GPU 1
GPU 2
2411
4279
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
631
543
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12495
18150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.772
52.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
757.295
1148.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.67
4.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.875
85.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
179.567
268.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5157
6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5834
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7859
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5157
6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5834
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7859
3359
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A AMD FirePro W7000
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

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