NVIDIA Tesla M1060 vs ATI FirePro RG220

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tesla M1060 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla M1060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 12.2x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 240 vs 80
  • 7.8x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Launch date 1 June 2008 vs 1 May 2008
Core clock speed 610 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 240 vs 80
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops vs 80 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro RG220

  • 5.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 188 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 188 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Tesla M1060
GPU 2: ATI FirePro RG220

Name NVIDIA Tesla M1060 ATI FirePro RG220
PassMark - G2D Mark 552
PassMark - G3D Mark 335

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Tesla M1060 ATI FirePro RG220

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GT200B RV711
Launch date 1 June 2008 1 May 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $1,699
Place in performance rating not rated 262
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 610 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 240 80
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s 4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 188 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million 242 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DMS-59

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3