AMD FirePro 2270 PCIe x1 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cedar | NV34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cedar WS | FX 5500 NPB |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 45 million |
| Die size | 59 mm² | 91 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jan 31st, 2011 | Mar 17th, 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | FirePro Multi-View | GeForce FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x1 | PCI |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 4 Ti |
| Successor | — | GeForce 6 AGP |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 600 MHz | 270 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective | 200 MHz 400 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 9.600 GB/s | 6.400 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 80 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| Compute units | 1 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.400 GPixel/s | 1.080 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 4.800 GTexel/s | 1.080 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 96.00 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 135.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 170 mm 6.7 inches | 165 mm 6.5 inches |
| Width | 69 mm 2.7 inches | — |
| TDP | 15 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DMS-59 | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | C320 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0a |
