AMD FirePro 2270 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro 2270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro 2270

  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 94
  • Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2564 vs 1864
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 9.382 vs 8.015
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 23 Watt
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 173 vs 94
Geekbench - OpenCL 2564 vs 1864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.382 vs 8.015

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

  • 2x more texture fill rate: 9.6 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 96 vs 80
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 230.4 gflops vs 96 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 460 vs 142
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.355 vs 0.145
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1338 vs 539
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1338 vs 539
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2623 vs 1231
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2623 vs 1231
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 9.6 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 80
Floating-point performance 230.4 gflops vs 96 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 460 vs 142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.355 vs 0.145
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1338 vs 539
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1338 vs 539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2623 vs 1231
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2623 vs 1231

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro 2270
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
142
460
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
173
94
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2564
1864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.145
0.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.382
8.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
539
1338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
539
1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1231
2623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1231
2623
Name AMD FirePro 2270 NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
PassMark - G3D Mark 142 460
PassMark - G2D Mark 173 94
Geekbench - OpenCL 2564 1864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.145 0.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.382 8.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 539 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 539 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1231 2623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1231 2623
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 131.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 911

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro 2270 NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Cedar GF108
Launch date 31 January 2011 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1540 1541
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 96 gflops 230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 80 96
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s 9.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DMS-59 No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 9.6 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus