AMD FirePro M3900 vs ATI Radeon VE

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M3900 and ATI Radeon VE 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FirePro M3900

ATI Radeon VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M3900

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 180 nm
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
32x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 32 MB
4.9x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 366 MHz

Launch date	19 October 2010 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 180 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 366 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon VE

91.5x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	AMD FirePro M3900	ATI Radeon VE
Geekbench - OpenCL	4446
PassMark - G2D Mark		36
PassMark - G3D Mark		2

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M3900	ATI Radeon VE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rage 6
Code name	Seymour	Rage 6
Launch date	19 October 2010	19 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1652	1651
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	183 MHz
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	160
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	549 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	30 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)	7.0
OpenGL	4.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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