FirePro D500 vs GeForce GTX 750

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 750 with FirePro D500, including specs and performance data.

GTX 750
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
8.68

D500 outperforms GTX 750 by a significant 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking493426
Place by popularity95not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.59no data
Power efficiency11.012.76
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date18 February 2014 (10 years ago)18 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores5121536
Core clock speed1020 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt274 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature95 °Cno data
Texture fill rate34.7269.60
Floating-point processing power1.111 TFLOPS2.227 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3296

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm279 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed5.0 GB/s1270 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s243.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMI6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Multi monitor support3 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.68 10.83
Recency 18 February 2014 18 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 274 Watt

GTX 750 has an age advantage of 1 month, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 398.2% lower power consumption.

FirePro D500, on the other hand, has a 24.8% higher aggregate performance score.

The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 750 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 750 is a desktop card while FirePro D500 is a workstation one.


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