ATI FirePro V3800 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V3800 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM 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, 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 2 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 4.2x more pipelines: 400 vs 96
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 82
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2958 vs 2505
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2958 vs 2505
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 April 2010 vs 2 February 2010
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines 400 vs 96
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2958 vs 2505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2958 vs 2505

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

  • Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 395 vs 321
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 395 vs 321

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V3800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
321
395
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
179
82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2958
2505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2958
2505
Name ATI FirePro V3800 NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 321 395
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 82
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 2505
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2958 2505

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI FirePro V3800 NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Redwood G92
Launch date 26 April 2010 2 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Place in performance rating 1405 1406
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 400 96
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 627 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 175 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3