GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 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
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ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSeymourAD104
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date19 October 2010 (14 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores1605888
Core clock speed750 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed750 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors370 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate6.000455.4
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Form factorchip-downno data
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14 GB/s480.0 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 outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity+-
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.8
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2010 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 200 Watt

FirePro M3900 has 900% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro M3900 and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro M3900 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 is a desktop one.


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

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