FirePro V3900 vs Quadro K2200

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K2200 and FirePro V3900, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro K2200
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 68 Watt
9.21
+455%

K2200 outperforms V3900 by a whopping 455% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking474944
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.02no data
Power efficiency9.442.31
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGM107Turks
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 July 2014 (10 years ago)7 February 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$395.75 no data

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 cores640480
Core clock speed1046 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million716 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)68 Watt199 Watt
Texture fill rate44.9615.60
Floating-point processing power1.439 TFLOPS0.624 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4024

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 supportno dataPCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length202 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorno datahalf height / half length
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s28 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, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort countno data1
Dual-link DVI support-+
HD сomponent video output-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA5.0-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro K2200 9.21
+455%
FirePro V3900 1.66

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro K2200 3552
+455%
FirePro V3900 640

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Quadro K2200 11414
+630%
FirePro V3900 1564

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 9.21 1.66
Recency 22 July 2014 7 February 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 68 Watt 199 Watt

Quadro K2200 has a 454.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 192.6% lower power consumption.

The Quadro K2200 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V3900 in performance tests.


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