NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and AMD FireStream 9270 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

AMD FireStream 9270

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 576 MHz
3.7x more pipelines: 800 vs 216
2.2x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 536.5 gflops
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 171 Watt
2.3x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 896 MB
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1998 MHz

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 576 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 216
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 536.5 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 171 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1998 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2	AMD FireStream 9270
PassMark - G3D Mark		1341
PassMark - G2D Mark		473

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2	AMD FireStream 9270
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200B	RV770
Launch date	27 November 2008	13 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated	292
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	216	800
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5