AMD Radeon HD 7540D IGP vs AMD FirePro M8900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7540D IGP and AMD FirePro M8900 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon HD 7540D IGP

AMD FirePro M8900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7540D IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 760 MHz vs 680 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	2 October 2012 vs 12 April 2011
Core clock speed	760 MHz vs 680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

3.6x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 9.12 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 960 vs 192
4.5x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 291.8 gflops
17.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 1061

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 9.12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 291.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 1061

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7540D IGP
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M8900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1061

18738

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7540D IGP	AMD FirePro M8900
PassMark - G3D Mark	333
PassMark - G2D Mark	129
Geekbench - OpenCL	1061	18738
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1153
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2177
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		760.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		26.149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		108.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7540D IGP	AMD FirePro M8900
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale 2
Code name	Scrapper	Blackcomb
Launch date	2 October 2012	12 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$67
Place in performance rating	1389	1392
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	760 MHz	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	291.8 gflops	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	960
Texture fill rate	9.12 GTexel / s	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-B
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		115 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Shared memory		0