ATI FirePro V3800 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V3800 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V3800

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 4.2x more pipelines: 400 vs 96
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 69
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 April 2010 vs 7 January 2010
Pipelines 400 vs 96
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 vs 69

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

  • Around 92% higher core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
  • Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 43 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 321
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3123 vs 2958
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3123 vs 2958
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1249 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 16 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt vs 43 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 381 vs 321
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3123 vs 2958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3123 vs 2958

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V3800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
321
381
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
179
69
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2958
3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2958
3123
Name ATI FirePro V3800 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
PassMark - G3D Mark 321 381
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 69
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 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2958 3123
Geekbench - OpenCL 8210

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI FirePro V3800 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Redwood GT215
Launch date 26 April 2010 7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Place in performance rating 1409 1410
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 1249 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 400 96
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt 28 Watt
Transistor count 627 million 727 million
CUDA cores 96
Gigaflops 360

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-II
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size large
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI