FirePro V5900 vs GeForce 930A

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V5900 and GeForce 930A, 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 V5900 stacks up against GeForce 930A, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 GeForce 930A
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI No outputs
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  • FirePro V5900 has 127% more power consumption, than GeForce 930A.
  • FirePro V5900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and GeForce 930A uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro V5900 and GeForce 930A have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and GeForce 930A - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 930A is 328 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and GeForce 930A - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 930A is 2 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 3−4
ultra / 1080p 2−3 1−2
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 7−8 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V5900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than GeForce 930A.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 GeForce 930A
Architecture TeraScale 3 Maxwell
Code name Cayman GM108
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 13 March 2015
Pipelines 512 384
Core clock speed 600 MHz 928 MHz
Boost Clock 941 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 22.58
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 722.7 gflops
Length 230 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 16.02 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
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