XGI Volari V3 vs FirePro M8900

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)	XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code name	Blackcomb	XG42
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	12 April 2011 (15 years ago)	15 September 2003 (22 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	960	no data
Core clock speed	680 MHz	200 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	25 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	32.64	0.8
Floating-point processing power	1.306 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	48	4
L1 Cache	192 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no 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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Form factor	MXM-B	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	115 GB/s	6.4 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 Connectors

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	8.1
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 April 2011	15 September 2003
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm