NVIDIA GRID M3-3020 vs AMD FirePro V7900

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Combined performance score

FirePro V7900
5.95

GRID M3-3020 outperforms FirePro V7900 by 28% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking551489
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.19no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameCaymanGM107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date24 May 2011 (12 years old)18 May 2016 (7 years old)
Current price$165 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores1280640
Core clock speed725 MHz1033 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1306 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Wattno data
Texture fill rate58.0052.24
Floating-point performance1,856.0 gflops1,672 gflops

Size and 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 supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s83.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors4x DisplayPortNo outputs
StereoOutput3D1no data
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDAno data5.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.95 7.63
Recency 24 May 2011 18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The GRID M3-3020 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V7900 in performance tests.


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