AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M8900

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 960 vs 96
5.1x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB or 1 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 9236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 17 November 2009
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB or 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 9236

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Around 97% higher core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 680 MHz
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 75 Watt

Core clock speed	1340 MHz vs 680 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18738

9236

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738	9236
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		501
PassMark - G2D Mark		46
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1385

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Blackcomb	GT215
Launch date	12 April 2011	17 November 2009
Place in performance rating	1392	1394
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$80
Price now		$37.99
Value for money (0-100)		22.27
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	1340 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	96
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		105C C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
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	None
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA