GeForce 6200 X2 PCI vs ATI FirePro RG220

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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)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameRV711NV44 A2
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 May 2008 (16 years ago)16 January 2008 (16 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 cores80no data
Core clock speed500 MHz280 MHz
Number of transistors242 million75 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.0001.120
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPSno data
ROPs42
TMUs84

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Lengthno data168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s3.2 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 Connectors1x DMS-592x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.13.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2008 16 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 110 nm

ATI RG220 has an age advantage of 3 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro RG220 and GeForce 6200 X2 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro RG220 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 6200 X2 PCI is a desktop one.


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