AMD FirePro M3900 vs NVIDIA GeForce G 103M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M3900 and NVIDIA GeForce G 103M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M3900

NVIDIA GeForce G 103M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M3900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 640 MHz
20x more pipelines: 160 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	19 October 2010 vs 1 September 2009
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 640 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M3900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G 103M

Name	AMD FirePro M3900	NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
Geekbench - OpenCL	4446
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		934
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		934

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M3900	NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	G9x
Code name	Seymour	G98
Launch date	19 October 2010	1 September 2009
Place in performance rating	1660	1662
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	640 MHz
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	8
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	chip-down
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
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