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).

 

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 1540 1543
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