AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M 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 Quadro FX 3800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 675 MHz
7.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 128
3.1x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 14 August 2008
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 675 MHz
Pipelines	960 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 43.2 GTexel / s vs 32.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	43.2 GTexel / s vs 32.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
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 - G3D Mark		575
PassMark - G2D Mark		42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3272
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3272

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Blackcomb	G92
Launch date	12 April 2011	14 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1408	1411
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	960	128
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	43.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	754 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)	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
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