NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M vs ATI FirePro RG220

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

ATI FirePro RG220

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
9.2x more texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
11x better floating-point performance: 883.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2360 vs 335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 1 May 2008
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 80
Floating-point performance	883.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2360 vs 335

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro RG220

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 384
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 552 vs 479

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	552 vs 479

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro RG220

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2360

335

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

479

552

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M	ATI FirePro RG220
PassMark - G3D Mark	2360	335
PassMark - G2D Mark	479	552

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M	ATI FirePro RG220
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF104	RV711
Launch date	5 January 2011	1 May 2008
Place in performance rating	255	251
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	384	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	883.2 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	80
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI