AMD FireStream 9350 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of AMD FireStream 9350 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9350

  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
  • 4.1x more pipelines: 1440 vs 352
  • 3.4x better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines 1440 vs 352
Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FireStream 9350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Name AMD FireStream 9350 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1617
PassMark - G2D Mark 458

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FireStream 9350 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Cypress GF100
Launch date 1 June 2010 25 May 2010
Place in performance rating not rated 297
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops 598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1440 352
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s 18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB / s 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI

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