AMD FirePro S7100X vs NVIDIA GeForce 825M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and NVIDIA GeForce 825M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD FirePro S7100X

NVIDIA GeForce 825M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.1x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 30.11 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
4.1x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 27 January 2014
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 30.11 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 825M

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 723 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 100 Watt

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 825M

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GeForce 825M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677
PassMark - G3D Mark		782
PassMark - G2D Mark		247
Geekbench - OpenCL		15796

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GeForce 825M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	GK208
Launch date	25 May 2016	27 January 2014
Place in performance rating	751	790
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	384
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	30.11 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1300 Million
Boost clock speed		941 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0