GeForce GTX 570M and FirePro M8900 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 570M
FirePro M8900
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name
N12E-GT
Blackcomb XT
Market segment
Laptop
Mobile workstation
Release date
June 2011
April 2011
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
n/a
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
575 MHz
680 MHz
CUDA cores
336
-
Floating-point performance
772.8 gflops
1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
1,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
960
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
32.2 billion/sec
32.64
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
72.0 GB/s
115 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
11.2 (11_0)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
5.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-