AMD FirePro 2270 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro 2270 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 9600M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro 2270

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
5.8x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 103 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 80 vs 32
Around 40% better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 68.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 20 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 142 vs 131
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2011 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 103 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 32
Floating-point performance	96 gflops vs 68.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 20 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	142 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark	173 vs 58

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS

Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 6.88 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1798 vs 1231
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1798 vs 1231

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	6.88 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1798 vs 1231
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1798 vs 1231

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro 2270
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

142

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1231

1798

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1231

1798

Name	AMD FirePro 2270	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	142	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	173	58
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	1798
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1231	1798

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro 2270	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	G96
Launch date	31 January 2011	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1539	1542
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	103 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	68.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	32
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	6.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0