AMD FireStream 9350 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

Comparative analysis of AMD FireStream 9350 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 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 FireStream 9350

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9350

Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 26.7 billion / sec
4.1x more pipelines: 1440 vs 352
2.4x better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 855.4 gflops
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 200 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1603 MHz (3206 data rate)

Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 26.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	1440 vs 352
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops vs 855.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1603 MHz (3206 data rate)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

Around 74% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 700 MHz

Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FireStream 9350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

Name	AMD FireStream 9350	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
PassMark - G3D Mark		2650
PassMark - G2D Mark		441
Geekbench - OpenCL		9276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		19.079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		741.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		64.492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3321

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FireStream 9350	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Cypress	GF100
Launch date	1 June 2010	31 May 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	842
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Price now		$263.28
Value for money (0-100)		12.73
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1215 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops	855.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1440	352
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	26.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	3,100 million
Compute performance		30x
CUDA cores		352
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	Two 6-pins
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	102.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1603 MHz (3206 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround