AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 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: 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M8900

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 960 vs 48
10.9x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 120 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM
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 - G2D Mark		109
PassMark - G3D Mark		381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1962

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Blackcomb	G94B
Launch date	12 April 2011	10 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1392	1395
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	960	48
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-B
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	115 GB / s	24 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0