NVIDIA CMP 30HX vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 30HX and AMD FireStream 9170 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 30HX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 12273.4x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
  • 4.4x more pipelines: 1408 vs 320
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz
Launch date 25 Feb 2021 vs 8 November 2007
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 30HX
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

Name NVIDIA CMP 30HX AMD FireStream 9170
Geekbench - OpenCL 68128
PassMark - G2D Mark 493
PassMark - G3D Mark 647

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA CMP 30HX AMD FireStream 9170

Essentials

Architecture Turing TeraScale
Code name TU116 RV670
Launch date 25 Feb 2021 8 November 2007
Place in performance rating 294 296
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1408 320
Pixel fill rate 85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s 12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 666 million
Floating-point performance 512.0 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Width 111 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 (12_1) 10.0
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR3