NVIDIA CMP 30HX vs AMD FireStream 9250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 30HX and AMD FireStream 9250 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA CMP 30HX

AMD FireStream 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 30HX

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 625 MHz
6284x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 76% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 55 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 150 Watt
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	25 Feb 2021 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 800
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9250

Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	1986 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 30HX
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9250

Name	NVIDIA CMP 30HX	AMD FireStream 9250
Geekbench - OpenCL	68128
PassMark - G3D Mark		1165
PassMark - G2D Mark		465

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 30HX	AMD FireStream 9250
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	TeraScale
Code name	TU116	RV770
Launch date	25 Feb 2021	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	295	305
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1408	800
Pixel fill rate	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	6600 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		1,000.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI
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)	10.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3