NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and ATI FirePro V8700 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

ATI FirePro V8700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

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 ATI FirePro V8700

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
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 182 Watt
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB
Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 3400 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
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 1998 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216	ATI FirePro V8700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		152.6
PassMark - G2D Mark		527
PassMark - G3D Mark		1539

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216	ATI FirePro V8700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200	RV770
Launch date	16 September 2008	11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$1,499
Place in performance rating	not rated	434
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	216	800
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	182 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	254 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	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB / s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5