FirePro S9100 vs GeForce 800M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1096 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.79 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | GF117 | Hawaii |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 17 March 2014 (11 years ago) | 2 October 2014 (10 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 | 48 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 738 MHz | 824 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | 6,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 750 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.904 | 131.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1417 TFLOPS | 4.219 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 8 | 160 |
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 | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 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 | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
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 | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| GPU Boost | 2.0 | no data |
| Optimus | + | - |
| GameWorks | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 March 2014 | 2 October 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 12 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 750 Watt |
GeForce 800M has 4900% lower power consumption.
FirePro S9100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 800M and FirePro S9100. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 800M is a notebook graphics card while FirePro S9100 is a workstation one.
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