NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 vs ATI FireMV 2250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 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 680

ATI FireMV 2250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 600 MHz
53.7x more texture fill rate: 128.8 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: 2048 MB vs 256 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
121x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5566 vs 46
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 290

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2048 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566 vs 46
PassMark - G2D Mark	530 vs 290

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2250

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 195 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 195 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5566

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

530

290

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	ATI FireMV 2250
PassMark - G3D Mark	5566	46
PassMark - G2D Mark	530	290
Geekbench - OpenCL	18412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3306
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2004

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	ATI FireMV 2250
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	RV516
Launch date	22 March 2012	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	560	562
Price now	$579.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	12.83
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz
Core clock speed	1006 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	195 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...	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	10.0" (25.4 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	2048 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA