ATI Radeon X1300 PCI vs FirePro M3900

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameSeymourRV516
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date19 October 2010 (15 years ago)5 October 2005 (20 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 cores160no data
Core clock speed750 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed750 MHzno data
Number of transistors370 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.0001.800
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs84
L1 Cache16 KBno data
L2 Cache128 KBno 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).

Bus supportn/ano data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorchip-downno 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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth14 GB/s4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.03.0
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2010 5 October 2005
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm

FirePro M3900 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro M3900 and Radeon X1300 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro M3900 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon X1300 PCI is a desktop one.

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