ATI FirePro V8800 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V8800 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

ATI FirePro V8800

NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 650 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 66.0 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
25x more pipelines: 1600 vs 64
12.7x better floating-point performance: 2,640.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2281 vs 658
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 April 2010 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	66.0 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 64
Floating-point performance	2,640.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2281 vs 658
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 225

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

Around 98% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 208 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 208 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V8800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2281

658

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

445

225

Name	ATI FirePro V8800	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2281	658
PassMark - G2D Mark	445	225
Geekbench - OpenCL	36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V8800	NVIDIA GeForce GT 140 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cypress	G94B
Launch date	7 April 2010	10 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499
Place in performance rating	709	710
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,640.0 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1600	64
Texture fill rate	66.0 GTexel / s	20.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	208 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3