ATI FirePro V3800 vs Radeon R9 M270X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking755not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameVenusRedwood
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date21 March 2014 (10 years ago)26 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$129

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 cores640400
Compute units10no data
Core clock speed725 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed775 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data43 Watt
Texture fill rate31.0013.00
Floating-point processing power0.992 TFLOPS0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4020

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 supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s14.4 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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Supported technologies

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

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DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
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API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1111.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCLNot Listed1.2
Vulkan-N/A
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 March 2014 26 April 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

R9 M270X has an age advantage of 3 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M270X and FirePro V3800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M270X is a notebook card while FirePro V3800 is a workstation one.


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