AMD FirePro S9010 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9010 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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 S9010

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9010

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

13.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9010
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

Name	AMD FirePro S9010	NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
PassMark - G3D Mark		436
PassMark - G2D Mark		127
Geekbench - OpenCL		2102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		161.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		7.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		16.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2392

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9010	NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Tahiti	GF108
Launch date	24 August 2012	23 August 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	1505
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	585 million
Boost clock speed		715 MHz
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		253.4 gflops
Pipelines		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory type		DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers