NVIDIA Quadro CX vs ATI FireMV 2260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro CX and ATI FireMV 2260 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro CX

ATI FireMV 2260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
16x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 192 vs 40
9.6x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 48 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 947 vs 117

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	602 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 40
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 48 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	947 vs 117

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2260

10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	488 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro CX
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

947

117

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

488

Name	NVIDIA Quadro CX	ATI FireMV 2260
PassMark - G3D Mark	947	117
PassMark - G2D Mark	454	488

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro CX	ATI FireMV 2260
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200B	RV620
Launch date	11 November 2008	1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	315	308
Price now	$149.95
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	192	40
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2