AMD FirePro M3900 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M3900 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 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 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M3900

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 160 vs 16
8.2x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 30 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	19 October 2010 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	160 vs 16
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M3900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Name	AMD FirePro M3900	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	4446
PassMark - G3D Mark		145
PassMark - G2D Mark		32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		996

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M3900	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Seymour	G86
Launch date	19 October 2010	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1660	1657
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	160	16
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	210 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
SLI