Radeon HD 7970 X2 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) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | New Zealand |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 31 August 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $899 |
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 | 2048 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 750 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 500 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.000 | 118.4 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 3.789 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 128 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 768 KB |
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 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 292 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | chip-down | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 3x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 3 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14 GB/s | 264.0 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 October 2010 | 31 August 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 500 Watt |
FirePro M3900 has 2400% lower power consumption.
HD 7970 X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M3900 and Radeon HD 7970 X2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M3900 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 7970 X2 is a desktop one.
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