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.

AMD FireStream 9350

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

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	296
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