ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 540 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 80 vs 8
5.6x better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2009 vs 6 November 2008
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 8
Floating-point performance	96 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	482 vs 481

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 32 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 108 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 32 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	108 vs 51

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

482

481

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

108

Name	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
PassMark - G2D Mark	482	481
PassMark - G3D Mark	51	108

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV620	G98
Launch date	1 January 2009	6 November 2008
Place in performance rating	322	316
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	8
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VHDCI	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2