NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 vs ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 and ATI FirePro 2260 PCI 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 500 MHz
13.4x more texture fill rate: 26.7 billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
8.8x more pipelines: 352 vs 40
21.4x better floating-point performance: 855.4 gflops vs 40 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1603 MHz (3206 data rate) vs 1000 MHz
23.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2654 vs 113
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 431
10.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3321 vs 304
10.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3321 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2010 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.7 billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	352 vs 40
Floating-point performance	855.4 gflops vs 40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1603 MHz (3206 data rate) vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2654 vs 113
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 431
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321 vs 304

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

13.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

431

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

304

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	2654	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	431
Geekbench - OpenCL	9600
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	741.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	64.492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321	304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321	304

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	RV620
Launch date	31 May 2010	1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	827	829
Price now	$263.28
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	12.73
Technical info
Compute performance	30x
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	352
Floating-point performance	855.4 gflops	40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	352	40
Texture fill rate	26.7 billion / sec	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)	170 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pins	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1603 MHz (3206 data rate)	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround