Sapphire FirePro V3900 1GB workstation
Sapphire
7 Overall Score
vs
PNY Quadro NVS 310 1GB DDR3 workstation
PNY
24 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Sapphire FirePro V3900 1GB workstation
No customer feedback yet
PNY Quadro NVS 310 1GB DDR3 workstation
90 out of 100 low confidence 7 reviews
Most users found this PNY Quadro card to be an excellent, low-power upgrade for basic office or multi-monitor setups. It installs easily, is automatically recognized by Windows 11, and runs quietly—despite one reviewer's general dislike of fans. While not intended for heavy gaming, it reliably adds DisplayPort outputs and works perfectly for non-gaming tasks.
Pros
- Easy installation
- Automatic driver detection in Windows 11
- Low power consumption
- Dual DisplayPort outputs
- Quiet fan operation
Cons
- Fan present (despite being quiet)
- Not suitable for heavy gaming
Ease of installation 4
Driver compatibility 4
Power consumption 2
Fan noise 4
Gaming performance 2
Multi monitor support 2
Scores
Budget
Workstation
Content Creation
Gaming 1080p
Gaming 1440p
Ai Llm
Ray Tracing
Gaming 4k
Specifications
| Sapphire FirePro V3900 | PNY Quadro NVS 310 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | FirePro V3900 | Quadro NVS 310 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | — | RDNA 3.0 |
| Class | workstation | workstation |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 1 GB★ | 512 MB |
| Memory Type | — | DDR3 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | — | 48★ |
| RT Cores | — | 54★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | No data | |
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 55.29999923706055★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 27.649999618530273★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 50★ | 295 |
| Recommended PSU | — | 450★ |
| Cooler | — | Fan★ |
| Fans | — | 0★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | — | PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 2 |
| HDMI | — | 0★ |
| USB-C | — | 0★ |
| Max Displays | — | 2★ |
| Max Resolution | 4096 x 2160 | 2560 x 1600 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | — | 279★ |
| Slot Width | — | 1★ |
| Form Factor | — | Low Profile |
| Weight | 0.40 kg | 0.20 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✗ |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✗ |
| DirectX | — | 11.0 |
| RGB | — | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
Sapphire FirePro V3900 1GB workstation
- Strong affordability (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Below average ai (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average social proof (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average vram (6th percentile)6th %ile
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
PNY Quadro NVS 310 1GB DDR3 workstation
- Strong affordability (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong social proof (77th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (6th percentile)6th %ile
- Below average raster (6th percentile)6th %ile
- Below average vram (10th percentile)10th %ile
- Below average feature (11th percentile)11th %ile
Verdict
Winner: PNY Quadro NVS 310
Scores 24 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 18 of 35 specs.