NVS 5200M 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 rated1027
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.65
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBlackcombGF117
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date12 April 2011 (13 years ago)1 June 2012 (12 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 cores96096
Core clock speed680 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate32.6410.00
Floating-point processing power1.306 TFLOPS0.24 TFLOPS
ROPs324
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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportn/ano data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM
Form factorMXM-Bno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth115 GB/s14.4 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 outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2011 1 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 25 Watt

FirePro M8900 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

NVS 5200M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro M8900 and NVS 5200M. We've got no test results to judge.


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