AMD FirePro M4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M4000

NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 96
2.7x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 69 Watt
2.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1593 vs 738
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 410 vs 242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2012 vs 2 February 2010
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 96
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 69 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1593 vs 738
PassMark - G2D Mark	410 vs 242

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11231 vs 5532
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3974 vs 3357
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3974 vs 3357

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11231 vs 5532
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3974 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3974 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1593

738

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

410

242

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5532

11231

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3974

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3974

Name	AMD FirePro M4000	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1593	738
PassMark - G2D Mark	410	242
Geekbench - OpenCL	5532	11231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	424.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.072
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	79.304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3974

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M4000	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Chelsea	GT215
Launch date	27 June 2012	2 February 2010
Place in performance rating	950	953
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	96
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-A
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0