AMD FirePro V4900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V4900 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM 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).

AMD FirePro V4900

NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 480 vs 96
3x better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
2.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1006 vs 738
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 242
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7745 vs 3974
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7745 vs 3974

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2011 vs 2 February 2010
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 96
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1006 vs 738
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7745 vs 3974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7745 vs 3974

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 75 Watt
5.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11231 vs 1927

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11231 vs 1927

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V4900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1006

738

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

242

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1927

11231

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7745

3974

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7745

3974

Name	AMD FirePro V4900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1006	738
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	242
Geekbench - OpenCL	1927	11231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7745	3974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7745	3974

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V4900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Turks	GT215
Launch date	1 November 2011	2 February 2010
Place in performance rating	957	958
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	480	96
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	163 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3