FirePro M3100 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	209	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.96	no data
Power efficiency	7.83	no data
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Vega 10	Mars
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	27 June 2017 (9 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	384
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	409.6	16.80
Floating-point processing power	13.11 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	8
TMUs	256	24
L1 Cache	1 MB	no data
L2 Cache	4 MB	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	HBM2	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	945 MHz	2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	32 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.2.170

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm