ATI FirePro V7800P vs GeForce GTX 880M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 452 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.61 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | Cypress |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 12 March 2014 (10 years ago) | 16 May 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,249 |
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 cores | 1536 | 1440 |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 2,154 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 138 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 127.1 | 50.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.05 TFLOPS | 2.016 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 72 |
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 size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | no data |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 2500 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 128.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x DisplayPort |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | no data |
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP content protection | + | - |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | + | - |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 March 2014 | 16 May 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 138 Watt |
GTX 880M has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 13.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 880M and FirePro V7800P. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 880M is a notebook card while FirePro V7800P is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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