AMD FirePro M3900 vs NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M3900 and NVIDIA GeForce 310M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M3900

NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M3900

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 160 vs 16
4.9x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 48.96 gflops
Around 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4446 vs 2949

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 October 2010 vs 10 January 2010
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 16
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 48.96 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4446 vs 2949

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

2x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 20 Watt

Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 750 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 20 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M3900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4446

2949

Name	AMD FirePro M3900	NVIDIA GeForce 310M
Geekbench - OpenCL	4446	2949
PassMark - G3D Mark		113
PassMark - G2D Mark		23
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1167

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M3900	NVIDIA GeForce 310M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Seymour	GT218
Launch date	19 October 2010	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1652	1653
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	1530 MHz
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	48.96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	16
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Gigaflops		73
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a	PCI-E 2.0
Form factor	chip-down
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0