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).

 

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 1704
  • 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 1704
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
1704
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 691
PassMark - G2D Mark 288
Geekbench - OpenCL 1704 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