ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1

6.4x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 204 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 204 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

2.5x more core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 600 MHz
10.8x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 240 vs 80
7.4x better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 96 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 80
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops vs 96 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Name	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
PassMark - G3D Mark		1515
PassMark - G2D Mark		76
Geekbench - OpenCL		22124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3347

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View PCIe x1	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla 2.0
Code name	RV620	GT200B
Launch date	1 January 2009	23 December 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1187
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$359
Price now		$179.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1476 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	708.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	240
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	51.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt	204 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VHDCI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	170 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	159.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1242 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
SLI