AMD FirePro S9100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro S9100

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9100

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 824 MHz vs 797 MHz
10.3x more texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 12.75 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 192
13.8x better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Core clock speed	824 MHz vs 797 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s vs 12.75 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 192
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

39.5x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 750 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 750 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Name	AMD FirePro S9100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
PassMark - G3D Mark		621
PassMark - G2D Mark		201
Geekbench - OpenCL		2256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		142.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		17.317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		519
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		519
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Hawaii	GK208B
Launch date	2 October 2014	29 September 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	1592
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$49
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		15.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz	797 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	192
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	12.75 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	750 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 2.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x8
Length	267 mm	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Height		2.713" (6.9 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA