H100 PCIe vs FirePro M3900
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Hopper (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | GH100 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (14 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (2 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 | 160 | 7296 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 1065 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 750 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 80,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.000 | 752.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 24.08 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 24 |
| TMUs | 8 | 456 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 456 |
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 support | n/a | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | chip-down | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 8-pin EPS |
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 | GDDR3 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 80 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 5120 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14 GB/s | 1,280 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 9.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 October 2010 | 22 March 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 80 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 350 Watt |
FirePro M3900 has 1650% lower power consumption.
H100 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 7900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M3900 and H100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M3900 is a mobile workstation card while H100 PCIe is a workstation 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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