AMD FirePro V3900 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

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Combined performance score

FX 4600
1.11

FirePro V3900 outperforms Quadro FX 4600 by 50% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking1040892
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.040.20
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG80Turks
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date5 March 2007 (17 years old)7 February 2012 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data
Current price$179 (0.1x MSRP)$110
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro V3900 has 400% better value for money than FX 4600.

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 cores96480
Core clock speed500 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors681 million716 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)134 Watt199 Watt
Texture fill rate24.0015.60
Floating-point performance230.4 gflops624.0 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 supportno dataPCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorno datahalf height / half length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount768 MB1 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth67.2 GB/s28 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort countno data1
Dual-link DVI supportno data1
HD сomponent video outputno data1

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 4600 1.11
FirePro V3900 1.67
+50.5%

FirePro V3900 outperforms Quadro FX 4600 by 50% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 4600 430
FirePro V3900 649
+50.9%

FirePro V3900 outperforms Quadro FX 4600 by 51% in Passmark.

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 1.11 1.67
Recency 5 March 2007 7 February 2012
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 134 Watt 199 Watt

The FirePro V3900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 4600 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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