AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M 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 GTS 350M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 960 vs 96
5.4x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 240 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 8210

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 240 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 8210

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Around 84% higher core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 680 MHz
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 75 Watt

Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 680 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18738

8210

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738	8210
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		381
PassMark - G2D Mark		69
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3123

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Blackcomb	GT215
Launch date	12 April 2011	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1408	1410
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	1249 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	96
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Gigaflops		360
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a	PCI-E 2.0
Form factor	MXM-B
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI