FirePro M3900 vs Radeon HD 7970M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 538 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.75 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Wimbledon | Seymour |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 24 April 2012 (14 years ago) | 19 October 2010 (15 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 | 1280 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 20 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 68.00 | 6.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.176 TFLOPS | 0.24 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 80 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 128 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 | large | no data |
| Bus support | no data | n/a |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Form factor | no data | chip-down |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 14 GB/s |
| 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 | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 April 2012 | 19 October 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 20 Watt |
HD 7970M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
FirePro M3900, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7970M and FirePro M3900. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7970M is a notebook graphics card while FirePro M3900 is a mobile workstation one.
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