NVIDIA NVS 300 vs AMD FirePro M3900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 300 and AMD FirePro M3900 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 300

AMD FirePro M3900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 300

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 20 Watt

Launch date	8 January 2011 vs 19 October 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 20 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M3900

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 520 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 160 vs 16
6.1x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4446 vs 2471

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 16
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4446 vs 2471

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 300
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M3900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2471

4446

Name	NVIDIA NVS 300	AMD FirePro M3900
PassMark - G3D Mark	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	39
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471	4446
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 300	AMD FirePro M3900
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GT218	Seymour
Launch date	8 January 2011	19 October 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	1660	1661
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	160
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	370 million
Boost clock speed		750 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		chip-down
API support
DirectX	10.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	14 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity