FirePro S10000 Passive vs GeForce GT 730M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 948 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.50 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 20 January 2013 (13 years ago) | 12 November 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $3,599 |
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 | 384 | 3584 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 825 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 750 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 23.20 | 106.4 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.5568 TFLOPS | 3.405 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 32 | 112 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 768 KB |
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 | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 305 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 | 2 GB | 6 GB ×2 |
| Standard memory configuration | DDR3/GDDR5 | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 480 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 mini-DisplayPort |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | no data |
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP content protection | + | - |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | + | - |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Blu-Ray 3D Support | + | - |
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
| 3D Vision / 3DTV Play | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 January 2013 | 12 November 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 750 Watt |
GT 730M has an age advantage of 2 months, and 2172.7% lower power consumption.
S10000 Passive, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730M and FirePro S10000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 730M is a notebook graphics card while FirePro S10000 Passive is a workstation one.
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