Radeon Vega 7 vs FirePro 2270 1GB Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 624 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 18 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 11.58 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Cedar | Cezanne |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 31 January 2011 (15 years ago) | 13 April 2021 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 80 | 448 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 9,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.80 | 53.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.702 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 28 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 170 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 9.6 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.0 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 January 2011 | 13 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 45 Watt |
2270 1GB Edition has 62% lower power consumption.
Vega 7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 83% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro 2270 1GB Edition and Radeon Vega 7. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro 2270 1GB Edition is a workstation graphics card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.
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