Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs FirePro M3900
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 12 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 49 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 42.66 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.17 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | Navi 31 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 3 November 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 1929 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 750 MHz | 2498 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 57,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 355 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.000 | 959.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 61.39 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 192 |
| TMUs | 8 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 96 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 3 MB |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | 3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 6 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 96 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 | 287 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | chip-down | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14 GB/s | 960.0 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 | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 October 2010 | 3 November 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 355 Watt |
FirePro M3900 has 1675% lower power consumption.
RX 7900 XTX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M3900 and Radeon RX 7900 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M3900 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a desktop one.
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