AMD FirePro M2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M2000 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M2000

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 425 vs 192
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 206 vs 72

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2012 vs 8 December 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	425 vs 192
PassMark - G2D Mark	206 vs 72

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

425

192

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

206

Name	AMD FirePro M2000	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	425	192
PassMark - G2D Mark	206	72
Geekbench - OpenCL	1168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.284
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	195.801
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	544
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1498
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	544
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1498
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1709

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M2000	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Turks	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 July 2012	8 December 2005
Place in performance rating	1498	1496
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	chip-down
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0