AMD FirePro M6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6000 and NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FirePro M6000

NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 308
23x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1820 vs 79

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 308
PassMark - G3D Mark	1820 vs 79

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 43 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 43 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

776

308

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1820

Name	AMD FirePro M6000	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
Geekbench - OpenCL	8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	776	308
PassMark - G3D Mark	1820	79

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M6000	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Heathrow	C78
Launch date	1 July 2012	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	527	524
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-B
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCI
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0