AMD FirePro M4100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M4100 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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: 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M4100

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M4100

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 91% higher core clock speed: 670 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 16.08 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
5.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 700 MHz
7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1059 vs 142
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 623 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 October 2013 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	670 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	16.08 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1059 vs 142
PassMark - G2D Mark	623 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M4100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1059

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

623

212

Name	AMD FirePro M4100	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1059	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	623	212
Geekbench - OpenCL	5067
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	432.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.48
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	74.162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3591
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3591
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M4100	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Mars	NV40 A1
Launch date	16 October 2013	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	803	806
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	670 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	514.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	16.08 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		67 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration