AMD FirePro M2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M2000 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M2000
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
- Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
- Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 49 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- 2.4x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1320 MHz
- Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 425 vs 254
- 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 206 vs 68
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 July 2012 vs 1 May 2006 |
Core clock speed | 500 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 12 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 90 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt vs 49 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz vs 1320 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 425 vs 254 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 206 vs 68 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD FirePro M2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD FirePro M2000 | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 425 | 254 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 206 | 68 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 1168 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 3.284 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 195.801 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.31 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 10.402 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 44.254 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 544 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1498 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1709 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 544 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1498 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1709 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD FirePro M2000 | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Curie |
Code name | Turks | G71 |
Launch date | 1 July 2012 | 1 May 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 1498 | 1495 |
Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $259 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 450 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 480.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 480 | |
Texture fill rate | 12 GTexel / s | 9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | 49 Watt |
Transistor count | 716 million | 278 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
StereoOutput3D | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | n / a | |
Form factor | chip-down | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Length | 198 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | 42.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz | 1320 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 |