ATI FirePro V8700 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V8700 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FirePro V8700

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 527 vs 367
11.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1539 vs 129

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 September 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	527 vs 367
PassMark - G3D Mark	1539 vs 129

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 151 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 151 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V8700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

527

367

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1539

129

Name	ATI FirePro V8700	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	152.6
PassMark - G2D Mark	527	367
PassMark - G3D Mark	1539	129

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V8700	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	MCP79MX
Launch date	11 September 2008	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499
Place in performance rating	430	431
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5