NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra vs AMD FirePro W5000

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra and AMD FirePro W5000. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G80GPU NamePitcairn
G80-450-A3Model numberPitcairn LE GL
TeslaArchitectureGCN 1.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
90 nmProcess Size28 nm
681 millionTransistors2,800 million
484 mm²Die Size212 mm²

Graphics Card

May 2nd, 2007Release DateAug 7th, 2012
GeForce 8
(8800)
FamilyFirePro
(Wx000)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
829 USDLaunch Price599 USD
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

768 MBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR5
384 bitMemory Bus256 bit
103.7 GB/sBandwidth102.4 GB/s

Performance

14.69 GPixel/sPixel fillrate26.40 GPixel/s
39.17 GTexel/sTexture fillrate39.60 GTexel/s
387.1 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance1,267 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

1080 MHz
2.2 Gbps effective
Memory Clock800 MHz
3.2 Gbps effective
612 MHzGPU Clock825 MHz

Render Config

128Shading Units768
32TMUs48
24ROPs32
96 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
270 mm
10.6 inches
Length183 mm
7.2 inches
171 WThermal design power (TDP)75 W
450 WSuggested PSU250 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
2x DisplayPort
2x 6-pinPower ConnectorsNone
P355Board NumberC417

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX12 (11_1)
3.3OpenGL4.6
1.1 (1.0)OpenCL1.2
N/AVulkan1.2
4.0Shader Model5.1