NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK and AMD FirePro W8000 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 TITAN BLACK

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 213 billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 61% higher pipelines: 2880 vs 1792
  • Around 75% better floating-point performance: 5,645 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9004 vs 4164
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 588 vs 528
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27076 vs 24518
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 72.677 vs 64.628
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8721 vs 7400
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8721 vs 7400
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 February 2014 vs 14 June 2012
Texture fill rate 213 billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2880 vs 1792
Floating-point performance 5,645 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9004 vs 4164
PassMark - G2D Mark 588 vs 528
Geekbench - OpenCL 27076 vs 24518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.677 vs 64.628
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8721 vs 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8721 vs 7400

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 889 MHz
  • 785.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 387.109 vs 290.861
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3679
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3679
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 889 MHz
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 387.109 vs 290.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9004
4164
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
588
528
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
27076
24518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
72.677
64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.861
387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8721
7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8721
7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3679
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3357
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G3D Mark 9004 4164
PassMark - G2D Mark 588 528
Geekbench - OpenCL 27076 24518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.677 64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1293.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 290.861 387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8721 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3679 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8721 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3679 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3095

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK AMD FirePro W8000

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK110B Tahiti
Launch date 18 February 2014 14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1,599
Place in performance rating 438 441
Price now $999.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 10.82

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 889 MHz 900 MHz
CUDA cores 2880
Floating-point performance 5,645 gflops 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2880 1792
Texture fill rate 213 billion / sec 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 7,080 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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 10.5" (26.7 cm) 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors One 8-pin and one 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 336 GB / s 176 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
TXAA