NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M vs ATI FirePro V3800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M and ATI FirePro V3800 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

ATI FirePro V3800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 43 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 538 vs 321
Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 5.055 vs 3.432
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 215.004 vs 153.019
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.635 vs 0.29
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.393 vs 10.314
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2766 vs 1572
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 2958
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2766 vs 1572
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 2958

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 26 April 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 43 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	538 vs 321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.055 vs 3.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	215.004 vs 153.019
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.635 vs 0.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.393 vs 10.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2766 vs 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 2958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2766 vs 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 2958

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V3800

4.2x more pipelines: 400 vs 96
2.1x better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 150
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 48.552 vs 19.903

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	400 vs 96
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	179 vs 150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	48.552 vs 19.903

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V3800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

538

321

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

179

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.055

3.432

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

215.004

153.019

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.635

0.29

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.393

10.314

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.903

48.552

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2766

1572

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

2958

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2766

1572

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

2958

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M	ATI FirePro V3800
PassMark - G3D Mark	538	321
PassMark - G2D Mark	150	179
Geekbench - OpenCL	2398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.055	3.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	215.004	153.019
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.635	0.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.393	10.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	19.903	48.552
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2766	1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	2958
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2766	1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	2958
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M	ATI FirePro V3800
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF108	Redwood
Launch date	22 March 2012	26 April 2010
Place in performance rating	1403	1405
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	253.4 gflops	520.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	400
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	43 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	627 million
Core clock speed		650 MHz
Texture fill rate		13 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		168 mm
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	512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3\GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus