GeForce GTX 275 vs FirePro D700

Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D700 with GeForce GTX 275, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D700
2014
6 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
13.87
+278%

FirePro D700 outperforms GTX 275 by a whopping 278% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking350676
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.440.35
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameTahitiGT200B
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)15 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249
Current price$413 $82 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro D700 has 1454% better value for money than GTX 275.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2048240
CUDA coresno data240
Core clock speed850 MHz633 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt219 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate108.850.6 billion/sec
Floating-point performance3,482 gflops673.9 gflops

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).

Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length279 mm10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin
SLI optionsno data+

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB896 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed5480 MHz1134 MHz
Memory bandwidth263.0 GB/s127.0 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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDITwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.0
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.87 3.67
Recency 18 January 2014 15 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 896 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 219 Watt

The FirePro D700 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 275 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D700 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 275 is a desktop one.


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