AMD FirePro 2270 PCIe x1 vs AMD Radeon HD 6770M Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro 2270 PCIe x1 and AMD Radeon HD 6770M Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD FirePro 2270 PCIe x1

AMD Radeon HD 6770M Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro 2270 PCIe x1

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6770M Mac Edition

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 600 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 17.4 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 480 vs 80
7.3x better floating-point performance: 696.0 gflops vs 96 gflops
3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 80
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops vs 96 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro 2270 PCIe x1	AMD Radeon HD 6770M Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cedar	Whistler
Launch date	31 January 2011	28 January 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	480
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5