ATI FirePro V3800 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V3800 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 400 vs 192
  • Around 9% better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 182 Watt
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 56
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 48.552 vs 29.525
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 April 2010 vs 16 June 2008
Pipelines 400 vs 192
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt vs 182 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 vs 56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 48.552 vs 29.525

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

  • Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 13 GTexel / s
  • Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1215 vs 321
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.664 vs 3.432
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 477.327 vs 153.019
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.906 vs 10.314
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2958
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2958
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1242 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion / sec vs 13 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 896 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1215 vs 321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.664 vs 3.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 477.327 vs 153.019
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.906 vs 10.314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 2958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 2958

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V3800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
321
1215
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
179
56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.432
8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
153.019
477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.314
24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
48.552
29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2958
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2958
3342
Name ATI FirePro V3800 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark 321 1215
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.432 8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 153.019 477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.314 24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 48.552 29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2958 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2958 3342
Geekbench - OpenCL 19512

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI FirePro V3800 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Redwood GT200
Launch date 26 April 2010 16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $129 $449
Place in performance rating 1405 1407
Type Workstation Desktop
Price now $95.38
Value for money (0-100) 13.70

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 1242 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops 476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 400 192
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt 182 Watt
Transistor count 627 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 192
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 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 896 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 448 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 999 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI