AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 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, 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 26.4 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 960 vs 96
4.9x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 264 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 105 Watt
5.3x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 384 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 28 April 2008
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 26.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	960 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

2x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 680 MHz

Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 680 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
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		328
PassMark - G2D Mark		97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2160

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Blackcomb	G92
Launch date	12 April 2011	28 April 2008
Place in performance rating	1405	1408
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$49.99
Price now		$49.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	1375 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	960	96
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a	PCI-E 2.0
Form factor	MXM-B
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	384 MB
Memory bandwidth	115 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA