AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M8900

NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
4.2x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 7.8 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 960 vs 96
5.2x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 249.6 gflops
4.5x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 800 MHz
9.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 2012
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.529 vs 4.25

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 15 January 2011
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 7.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	960 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 249.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 2012
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529 vs 4.25

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 680 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Core clock speed	1300 MHz vs 680 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18738

2012

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.529

4.25

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738	2012
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529	4.25
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		536
PassMark - G2D Mark		176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1524
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1524

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Blackcomb	GF106
Launch date	12 April 2011	15 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1431	1433
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	1300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	249.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	96
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	7.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		96
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	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 API with Feature Level 12.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	115 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus