AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

What is the difference between AMD FirePro M8900 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

BlackcombGPU NameGT200B
Blackcomb XT GLModel numberG200-103-B2
TeraScale 2ArchitectureTesla 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size55 nm
1,700 millionTransistors1,400 million
212 mm²Die Size470 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 12th, 2011Release DateDec 8th, 2009
FirePro Mobile
(Mx900)
FamilyGeForce 200
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

2 GBMemory Size1792 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus448 bit
115.2 GB/sBandwidth112.9 GB/s

Performance

21.76 GPixel/sPixel fillrate14.50 GPixel/s
32.64 GTexel/sTexture fillrate33.15 GTexel/s
1,306 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance414.7 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

900 MHz
3.6 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1008 MHz
2 Gbps effective
680 MHzGPU Clock518 MHz

Render Config

960Shading Units192
48TMUs64
32ROPs28
512 KBL2 Cache224 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
75 WThermal design power (TDP)182 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin
C296Board NumberP898

API support

11.2 (11_0)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
4.4OpenGL3.3
1.2OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
5.0Shader Model4.0