NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs AMD FirePro W5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and AMD FirePro W5000 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

AMD FirePro W5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 825 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 350 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5723 vs 2979
Around 91% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19018 vs 9969
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1113.788 vs 771.327
Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.157 vs 2.758
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 4308
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 4308

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 October 2014 vs 7 August 2012
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	83.04 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5723 vs 2979
Geekbench - OpenCL	19018 vs 9969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1113.788 vs 771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.157 vs 2.758
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8546 vs 4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546 vs 4308

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 570 vs 387
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3342
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3342

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	570 vs 387
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5723

2979

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

387

570

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19018

9969

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1113.788

771.327

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.157

2.758

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8546

4308

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8546

4308

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3359

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	AMD FirePro W5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	5723	2979
PassMark - G2D Mark	387	570
Geekbench - OpenCL	19018	9969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1113.788	771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.157	2.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	81.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8546	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2286

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	AMD FirePro W5000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Pitcairn
Launch date	7 October 2014	7 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	$599
Place in performance rating	558	559
Price now	$1,899
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	3.99
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz	825 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops	1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	768
Texture fill rate	83.04 GTexel / s	39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
DisplayPort count		2
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Form factor		Full Height / Half Length
Length		183 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	120 GB / s	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI