NVIDIA NVS 510 vs AMD FirePro M8900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 510 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. 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).

NVIDIA NVS 510

AMD FirePro M8900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 510

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 680 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	23 October 2012 vs 12 April 2011
Core clock speed	797 MHz vs 680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

2.6x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 12.75 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 960 vs 192
4.3x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1782 MHz
11x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 1708
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.529 vs 6.809
6.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 760.858 vs 111.269
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.158 vs 0.399
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 26.149 vs 7.769
11.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 108.525 vs 9.522

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 12.75 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 1708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529 vs 6.809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858 vs 111.269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.158 vs 0.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.149 vs 7.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525 vs 9.522

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 510
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M8900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1708

18738

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.809

10.529

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

111.269

760.858

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.399

1.158

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.769

26.149

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.522

108.525

Name	NVIDIA NVS 510	AMD FirePro M8900
PassMark - G3D Mark	692
PassMark - G2D Mark	287
Geekbench - OpenCL	1708	18738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.809	10.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	111.269	760.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.399	1.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.769	26.149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	9.522	108.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1720
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1720

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 510	AMD FirePro M8900
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Blackcomb
Launch date	23 October 2012	12 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	1430	1431
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	797 MHz	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	306.0 gflops	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	960
Texture fill rate	12.75 GTexel / s	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	160 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-B
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	115 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0