FirePro W5000 DVI vs GeForce GTS 250

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1051	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	no data
Power efficiency	0.69	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	G92B	Pitcairn
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	4 March 2009 (16 years ago)	25 February 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	768
Core clock speed	738 MHz	825 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	44.93	39.60
Floating-point processing power	0.3871 TFLOPS	1.267 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	64	48
L1 Cache	no data	192 KB
L2 Cache	64 KB	512 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	191 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	full height / half length
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	102.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI	2x DVI
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Dual-link DVI support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.0	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 March 2009	25 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt

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