AMD FirePro M3900 vs ATI Radeon 7500

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M3900 and ATI Radeon 7500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD FirePro M3900

ATI Radeon 7500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M3900

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 290 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 460 MHz

Launch date	19 October 2010 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 290 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 460 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M3900
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7500

Name	AMD FirePro M3900	ATI Radeon 7500
Geekbench - OpenCL	4446
PassMark - G3D Mark		3
PassMark - G2D Mark		35

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M3900	ATI Radeon 7500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rage 7
Code name	Seymour	RV200
Launch date	19 October 2010	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1660	1658
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	290 MHz
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	160
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	1.74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	chip-down
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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