NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs AMD FirePro W5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and AMD FirePro W5100 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

AMD FirePro W5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 930 MHz
4457.9x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
4.7x more pipelines: 3584 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 961 vs 531
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16857 vs 2978

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 31 March 2014
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	961 vs 531
PassMark - G3D Mark	16857 vs 2978

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

3.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 170 Watt
3.2x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

961

531

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16857

2978

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	AMD FirePro W5100
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1997
PassMark - G2D Mark	961	531
PassMark - G3D Mark	16857	2978
Geekbench - OpenCL		11724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	AMD FirePro W5100
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 2.0
Code name	GA104	Bonaire
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	31 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	74	627
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	768
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,428 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Full Height / Half Length
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)	171 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5