AMD FirePro M3900 vs NVIDIA GeForce G210M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M3900 and NVIDIA GeForce G210M 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 G210M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M3900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 160 vs 16
5x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 48 gflops
Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4446 vs 2881

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 October 2010 vs 15 June 2009
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 16
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 48 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4446 vs 2881

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210M

2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 20 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 750 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 20 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M3900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G210M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4446

2881

Name	AMD FirePro M3900	NVIDIA GeForce G210M
Geekbench - OpenCL	4446	2881
PassMark - G3D Mark		117
PassMark - G2D Mark		20
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1294

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M3900	NVIDIA GeForce G210M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Seymour	GT218
Launch date	19 October 2010	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1660	1663
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	48 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		72
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVIVGA
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
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0