GRID K340 vs FirePro V3900

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro V3900 and GRID K340, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro V3900
2012
1 GB GDDR3, 199 Watt
1.66

GRID K340 outperforms V3900 by an impressive 87% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking946760
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.04
Power efficiency2.280.94
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTurksGK107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 February 2012 (12 years ago)23 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores480384
Core clock speed650 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistors716 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)199 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate15.6030.40
Floating-point processing power0.624 TFLOPS0.7296 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs2432

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 supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorhalf height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth28 GB/s28.8 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
DisplayPort count1no data
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

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
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.66 3.10
Recency 7 February 2012 23 July 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 199 Watt 225 Watt

FirePro V3900 has 13.1% lower power consumption.

GRID K340, on the other hand, has a 86.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GRID K340 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V3900 in performance tests.


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