ATI FirePro V3800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V3800 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V3800

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 4.2x more pipelines: 400 vs 96
  • Around 97% better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 384 MB
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 97
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2958 vs 2160
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2958 vs 2160
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 April 2010 vs 28 April 2008
Pipelines 400 vs 96
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 vs 97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2958 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2958 vs 2160

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 26.4 billion / sec vs 13 GTexel / s
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 328 vs 321
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1375 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 26.4 billion / sec vs 13 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 328 vs 321

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V3800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
321
328
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
179
97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2958
2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2958
2160
Name ATI FirePro V3800 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
PassMark - G3D Mark 321 328
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 153.019
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 48.552
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2958 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2958 2160

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI FirePro V3800 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Redwood G92
Launch date 26 April 2010 28 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $129 $49.99
Place in performance rating 1405 1408
Type Workstation Desktop
Price now $49.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.43

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 1375 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 400 96
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 627 million 754 million
CUDA cores 96
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 384 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA