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).

 

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 139
PassMark - G2D Mark 33
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