GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand vs FirePro M3900

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameSeymourG92
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date19 October 2010 (14 years ago)21 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$160

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 cores160128
Core clock speed750 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed750 MHzno data
Number of transistors370 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate6.00046.40
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPS0.448 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs864

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 supportn/ano data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Form factorchip-downno data
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth14 GB/s64 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2010 21 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 125 Watt

FirePro M3900 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 525% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro M3900 and GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro M3900 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand is a desktop one.


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