FirePro W5000 vs GeForce 840A

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5000 and GeForce 840A, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W5000 stacks up against GeForce 840A, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5000 GeForce 840A
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W5000 has 127% more power consumption, than GeForce 840A.
  • FirePro W5000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce 840A uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W5000 and GeForce 840A have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and GeForce 840A - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 840A is 204 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.
  • FirePro W5000 and GeForce 840A are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5000 is 1198 MHz higher, than GeForce 840A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 3−4
ultra / 1080p 9−10 2−3
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 14−16
medium / 1080p 18−20 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than GeForce 840A.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 GeForce 840A
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Pitcairn GM108
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 17 March 2014
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 825 MHz 1029 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 17.98
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops 863.2 gflops
Length 183 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 16.02 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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