Video Xpression+ vs FirePro M3900

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code name	Seymour XT	Mach64
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	13 April 2011 (13 years ago)	1 May 1996 (28 years ago)
Current price	$42	$118

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	160	no data
Core clock speed	700 MHz	62 MHz
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	370 million	1 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	600 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	6.000	no data
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro M3900 and Video Xpression+ compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Width	no data	1-slot
Form factor	chip-down	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	GDDR3	EDO
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	62 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14 GB/s	496.0 MB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Eyefinity	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	N/A
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 April 2011	1 May 1996
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	600 nm

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