ATI FireMV 2200 PCI vs GeForce GTX 260 OEM

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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
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGT200BRV280
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 December 2009 (14 years ago)2006 (18 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 cores192no data
Core clock speed518 MHz240 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate33.150.96
Floating-point processing power0.4147 TFLOPSno data
ROPs284
TMUs644

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
Length267 mm170 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1792 MB64 MB
Memory bus width448 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1008 MHz400 MBps
Memory bandwidth112.9 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)8.1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 15 Watt

GTX 260 OEM has a 2700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI FireMV 2200 PCI, on the other hand, has 1113.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 OEM and FireMV 2200 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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