NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M vs AMD FirePro M8900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M and AMD FirePro M8900 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

AMD FirePro M8900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 12 April 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

10x more pipelines: 960 vs 96
5.2x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
7.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 2407
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.529 vs 5.055
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 760.858 vs 215.004
Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.158 vs 0.635
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 26.149 vs 10.393
5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 108.525 vs 19.903

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	960 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 2407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529 vs 5.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858 vs 215.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.158 vs 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.149 vs 10.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525 vs 19.903

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M8900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2407

18738

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.055

10.529

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

215.004

760.858

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.635

1.158

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.393

26.149

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.903

108.525

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M	AMD FirePro M8900
PassMark - G3D Mark	536
PassMark - G2D Mark	151
Geekbench - OpenCL	2407	18738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.055	10.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	215.004	760.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.635	1.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.393	26.149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	19.903	108.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M	AMD FirePro M8900
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF108	Blackcomb
Launch date	22 March 2012	12 April 2011
Place in performance rating	1407	1408
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	253.4 gflops	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	960
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,700 million
Core clock speed		680 MHz
Texture fill rate		32.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	n / a
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Form factor		MXM-B
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
DirectX 11.2	12 API
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3\GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		115 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus