AMD FirePro M2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M2000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M2000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
  • 15x more pipelines: 480 vs 32
  • 6x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 425 vs 122
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 207 vs 74
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 July 2012 vs 15 June 2009
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 480 vs 32
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 425 vs 122
PassMark - G2D Mark 207 vs 74

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2058 vs 1709
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2058 vs 1709
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2058 vs 1709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2058 vs 1709

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
425
122
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
207
74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1709
2058
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1709
2058
Name AMD FirePro M2000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
PassMark - G3D Mark 425 122
PassMark - G2D Mark 207 74
Geekbench - OpenCL 1171
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 2058
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 544
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1498
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1709 2058

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M2000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Turks G96C
Launch date 1 July 2012 15 June 2009
Place in performance rating 1485 1488
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 480 32
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support n / a
Form factor chip-down
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-II
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0