GeForce GT 1010 vs FirePro M8900

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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)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameBlackcombGP108
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date12 April 2011 (13 years ago)13 January 2021 (3 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 cores960256
Core clock speed680 MHz1228 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1468 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate32.6423.49
Floating-point processing power1.306 TFLOPS0.7516 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4816

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportn/ano data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data147 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorMXM-Bno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth115 GB/s40.1 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 mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2011 13 January 2021
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 30 Watt

GT 1010 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro M8900 and GeForce GT 1010. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro M8900 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GT 1010 is a desktop one.


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