PG506-232 vs FirePro M3900
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | GA100 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 160 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 750 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.000 | 322.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 10.32 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 96 |
| TMUs | 8 | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 224 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | 10.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 24 MB |
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).
| Bus support | n/a | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | chip-down | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 8-pin EPS |
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 | GDDR3 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 3072 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1215 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14 GB/s | 933.1 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 October 2010 | 12 April 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 165 Watt |
FirePro M3900 has 725% lower power consumption.
PG506-232, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M3900 and PG506-232. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M3900 is a mobile workstation graphics card while PG506-232 is a workstation one.
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