AMD FirePro S4000X vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S4000X and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 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: 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 S4000X

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S4000X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S4000X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Name	AMD FirePro S4000X	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	478.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	92.567
PassMark - G3D Mark		102
PassMark - G2D Mark		168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		329

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S4000X	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Venus	C78
Launch date	7 August 2014	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1434	1431
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$22.68
Value for money (0-100)		5.26
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	MXM-A
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5