Edge 3D 3240XL vs FirePro W9100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking283not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.90no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)no data
GPU code nameHawaiiNV1
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date26 March 2014 (10 years ago)30 September 1995 (29 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 cores2816no data
Core clock speed930 MHz60 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million1 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm500 nm
Power consumption (TDP)750 Wattno data
Texture fill rate163.70.06
Floating-point processing power5.238 TFLOPSno data
ROPs641
TMUs1761

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 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Length275 mm191 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5VRAM
Maximum RAM amount16 GB2 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz60 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s480 MB/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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video1x VGA
StereoOutput3D+-
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)1.0
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2014 30 September 1995
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 500 nm

FirePro W9100 has an age advantage of 18 years, a 819100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W9100 and Edge 3D 3240XL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W9100 is a workstation graphics card while Edge 3D 3240XL is a desktop one.


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AMD FirePro W9100
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