AMD FirePro 2270 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro 2270 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M 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 GTS 250M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro 2270

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 28 Watt
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 50

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2011 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 28 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	173 vs 50

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

3.3x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 96 vs 80
2.5x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 96 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 142
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8215 vs 2564

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 80
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 96 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	554 vs 142
Geekbench - OpenCL	8215 vs 2564

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro 2270
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

142

554

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2564

8215

Name	AMD FirePro 2270	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
PassMark - G3D Mark	142	554
PassMark - G2D Mark	173	50
Geekbench - OpenCL	2564	8215
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1231

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro 2270	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cedar	GT215
Launch date	31 January 2011	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1539	1541
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	96
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Gigaflops		360
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
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		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI