NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs ATI FireMV 2250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and ATI FireMV 2250 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

ATI FireMV 2250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 600 MHz
42.7x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
115.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5326 vs 46
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 290

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2012 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5326 vs 46
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 290

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2250

5.3x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 170 Watt
166.7x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5326

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

532

290

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	ATI FireMV 2250
PassMark - G3D Mark	5326	46
PassMark - G2D Mark	532	290
Geekbench - OpenCL	15494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1838

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	ATI FireMV 2250
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	RV516
Launch date	10 May 2012	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	568	565
Price now	$474.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	1344
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	170 mm
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA