ATI FirePro M7820 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro M7820 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro M7820

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7820

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
6.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 128
2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,120.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	1 May 2010 vs 1 February 2010
Pipelines	800 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 28 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec vs 28 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro M7820
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

Name	ATI FirePro M7820	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	600.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2709
Geekbench - OpenCL	15792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.902
PassMark - G3D Mark		636
PassMark - G2D Mark		128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2172

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro M7820	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Broadway	G92
Launch date	1 May 2010	1 February 2010
Place in performance rating	1291	1292
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	128
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	38 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Gigaflops		576
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Single Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	61 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0