NVIDIA Quadro K1000M vs AMD FirePro M8900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K1000M 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 Quadro K1000M

AMD FirePro M8900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 680 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	1 June 2012 vs 12 April 2011
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

2.4x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 960 vs 192
4x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
10.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 1744
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.529 vs 4.636
6.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 760.858 vs 115.549
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.158 vs 0.454
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 26.149 vs 7.024
10.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 108.525 vs 10.485

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 1744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529 vs 4.636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858 vs 115.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.158 vs 0.454
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.149 vs 7.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525 vs 10.485

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M8900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1744

18738

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.636

10.529

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

115.549

760.858

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.454

1.158

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.024

26.149

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.485

108.525

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K1000M	AMD FirePro M8900
PassMark - G3D Mark	775
PassMark - G2D Mark	249
Geekbench - OpenCL	1744	18738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.636	10.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	115.549	760.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.454	1.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.024	26.149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	10.485	108.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2297
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2297

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K1000M	AMD FirePro M8900
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Blackcomb
Launch date	1 June 2012	12 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$119.90
Place in performance rating	1402	1405
Price now	$149.90
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	6.18
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	960
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-B
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	115 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0