FirePro M8900 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Super

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	160	not rated
Place by popularity	8	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	59.01	no data
Power efficiency	18.44	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	TU116	Blackcomb
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	29 October 2019 (5 years ago)	12 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1408	960
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	680 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,600 million	1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	157.1	32.64
Floating-point processing power	5.027 TFLOPS	1.306 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	88	48

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	no data	large
Bus support	no data	n/a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	no data	MXM-B
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	115 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENC	+	-
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.5	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 October 2019	12 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	75 Watt

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