AMD FirePro V3900 vs ATI Radeon HD 4830

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V3900 and ATI Radeon HD 4830 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: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V3900

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 237 vs 56
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2012 vs 21 October 2008
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 237 vs 56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3354

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4830

  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 640 vs 480
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 736.0 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 199 Watt
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 844 vs 640
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 480
Floating-point performance 736.0 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 199 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 844 vs 640

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V3900
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4830

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
640
844
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
237
56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3354
Name AMD FirePro V3900 ATI Radeon HD 4830
PassMark - G3D Mark 640 844
PassMark - G2D Mark 237 56
Geekbench - OpenCL 1564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 279.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 58.58
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3354

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro V3900 ATI Radeon HD 4830

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale
Code name Turks RV770
Launch date 7 February 2012 21 October 2008
Place in performance rating 1341 1344
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $130

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops 736.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 480 640
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 199 Watt 95 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor Half Height / Half Length
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 246 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3