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.

 

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 1660 1659
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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