AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

AMD FirePro M8900
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
2x 960 Shaders
2x 2GB GDDR5
680MHz
384 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
620MHz
FP32
2.61 TFLOPS
FP32
0.95 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
35W
TDP
100W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Fermi
Family
FirePro M
Family
GeForce 500
Codename
Barts
RV940
Variant
Blackcomb XT GLM
Codename
NVCE
GF114
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
4/12/2011
Release Date
6/28/2011
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Die Size
2x 255 mm²
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Die Size
1950 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 1.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
332 Million
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Transistor Density
6.67M/mm²
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Transistor Density
0.17M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2x 960 Shaders
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Shading Units
384 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 48 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
Compute Units
2x 12 CUs
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680MHz
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1240MHz Shader
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620MHz
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FP32
2.61 TFLOPS
FP32
0.95 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
21.76 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
19.84 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
32.64 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
39.68 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
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64KB/SM
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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2x 2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
900MHz
Transfer Rate
3.6GT/s
Bandwidth
115.2GB/s
Clock
750MHz
Transfer Rate
3GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
35W
TDP
100W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 3.0
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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Shader Model
5.1
CUDA
2.1
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PureVideo HD
VP4
VDPAU
Feature Set C
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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