AMD FirePro M8900 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 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, 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M8900

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 650 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 960 vs 400
2.5x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 520.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 400
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 520.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525
PassMark - G3D Mark		507
PassMark - G2D Mark		151
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		273

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Blackcomb	Madison
Launch date	12 April 2011	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1431	1434
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	520.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	400
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	13 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	26 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-B
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0