AMD FirePro 2270 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro 2270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M 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 GT 325M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro 2270

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
Around 1% better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 95.04 gflops
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 23 Watt
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2011 vs 10 January 2010
Pipelines	80 vs 48
Floating-point performance	96 gflops vs 95.04 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	173 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M

Around 65% higher core clock speed: 990 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 142
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5606 vs 2564
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2145 vs 1231
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2145 vs 1231

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	990 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 142
Geekbench - OpenCL	5606 vs 2564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2145 vs 1231
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2145 vs 1231

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro 2270
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

142

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2564

5606

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1231

2145

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1231

2145

Name	AMD FirePro 2270	NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
PassMark - G3D Mark	142	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	173	49
Geekbench - OpenCL	2564	5606
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	2145
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1231	2145

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro 2270	NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cedar	GT216
Launch date	31 January 2011	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1545	1547
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	990 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	95.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	48
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	486 million
CUDA cores		48
Gigaflops		142
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMIVGASingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
SLI