NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 vs ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 and ATI FireMV 2200 PCI 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 64 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
1105x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1105 vs 1
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 325 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1105 vs 1
PassMark - G2D Mark	325 vs 153

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

55.6x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 17.28 GTexel / s
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 17.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

325

153

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 545	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	1105	1
PassMark - G2D Mark	325	153
Geekbench - OpenCL	3673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	35.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 545	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rage 7
Code name	GF116	RV280
Launch date	14 May 2011	1 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1086	1088
Price now	$55.59
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	26.90
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	240 MHz
Floating-point performance	414.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	144
Texture fill rate	17.28 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	145 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR