AMD FirePro S10000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S10000 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), 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 S10000

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S10000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
37x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4768 vs 129
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 502 vs 367

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4768 vs 129
PassMark - G2D Mark	502 vs 367

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

18.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 750 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 750 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S10000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4768

129

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

502

367

Name	AMD FirePro S10000	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
PassMark - G3D Mark	4768	129
PassMark - G2D Mark	502	367
Geekbench - OpenCL	30631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7867
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7867
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S10000	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Tahiti	MCP79MX
Launch date	12 November 2012	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599
Place in performance rating	440	437
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	4096
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	750 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	480 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5