NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) vs ATI FirePro RG220

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) and ATI FirePro RG220 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

ATI FirePro RG220

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 500 MHz
50.5x more texture fill rate: 202.0 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 1920 vs 80
80.8x better floating-point performance: 6,463 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
40.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13504 vs 335
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 847 vs 552

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 June 2016 vs 1 May 2008
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	202.0 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1920 vs 80
Floating-point performance	6,463 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13504 vs 335
PassMark - G2D Mark	847 vs 552

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro RG220

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
200x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 8 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 8 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
GPU 2: ATI FirePro RG220

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13504

335

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

847

552

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	ATI FirePro RG220
PassMark - G3D Mark	13504	335
PassMark - G2D Mark	847	552
Geekbench - OpenCL	47476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1718.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	710.366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1082

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	ATI FirePro RG220
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP104	RV711
Launch date	10 June 2016	1 May 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$379
Place in performance rating	288	286
Price now	$359.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	45.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	1920
Floating-point performance	6,463 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1920	80
Texture fill rate	202.0 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x DMS-59
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin	None
Width	2-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality