AMD FirePro 2270 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro 2270 and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro 2270

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro 2270

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 80 vs 8
6.5x better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 40 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 142 vs 115
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 111
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1231 vs 441
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1231 vs 441

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2011 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 8
Floating-point performance	96 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	142 vs 115
PassMark - G2D Mark	173 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1231 vs 441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1231 vs 441

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro 2270
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

142

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1231

441

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1231

441

Name	AMD FirePro 2270	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	142	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	173	111
Geekbench - OpenCL	2564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	9.382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	539
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1231	441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1231	441

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro 2270	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	G86
Launch date	31 January 2011	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1541	1544
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	80	8
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2