AMD FirePro S4000X vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S4000X 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: 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 S4000X

NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S4000X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4x more texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 7.8 billion / sec
6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
4x better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 249.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
5.6x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 19.089 vs 4.25

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 15 January 2011
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 7.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 96
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 249.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.089 vs 4.25

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Core clock speed	1300 MHz vs 725 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S4000X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.089

4.25

Name	AMD FirePro S4000X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.089	4.25
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		536
PassMark - G2D Mark		176
Geekbench - OpenCL		2012
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 S4000X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Venus	GF106
Launch date	7 August 2014	15 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1431	1434
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1300 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops	249.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	96
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	7.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	MXM-A
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12 API with Feature Level 12.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus