GRID M3-3020 vs FirePro V7900

Place in performance ranking	583	520
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	Cayman	GM107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	24 May 2011 (13 years ago)	18 May 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	640
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1033 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1306 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	58.00	52.24
Floating-point performance	1.856 gflops	1.672 gflops

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	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	83.2 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 Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	5.0

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	5.97	7.66
Recency	24 May 2011	18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm

GRID M3-3020 has a 28.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GRID M3-3020 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V7900 in performance tests.

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