NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs ATI FirePro V3750

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and ATI FirePro V3750 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

ATI FirePro V3750

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Around 52% better floating-point performance: 536.5 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
3.5x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 256 MB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V3750

Around 48% higher pipelines: 320 vs 216
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 182 Watt

Pipelines	320 vs 216
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 182 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216	ATI FirePro V3750
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200	RV730
Launch date	16 September 2008	11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$199
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	216	320
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	182 Watt	48 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3