AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 650 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 960 vs 48
8.4x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 156 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
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 6073

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 12 October 2009
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 6073

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18738

6073

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738	6073
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		323
PassMark - G2D Mark		70
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3233

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Blackcomb	G94B
Launch date	12 April 2011	12 October 2009
Place in performance rating	1415	1418
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$43.99
Price now		$43.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	960	48
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	15.6 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	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
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0