FirePro 2270 PCIe x1 vs ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameRV620Cedar
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date2008 (16 years ago)31 January 2011 (13 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4080
Core clock speed500 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors181 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate2.0004.800
Floating-point processing powerno data0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs48

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 2.0 x1
Length170 mm170 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MBps600 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s9.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DisplayPort1x DMS-59

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm

2270 PCIe x1 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro 2260 PCI and FirePro 2270 PCIe x1. We've got no test results to judge.


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