ATI FireMV 2200 vs GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | R300 (2003−2008) |
| GPU code name | GT200B | RV370 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 16 February 2010 (15 years ago) | 2006 (20 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 cores | 240 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 633 MHz | 324 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 107 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 50.64 | 1.296 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6221 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 28 | 4 |
| TMUs | 80 | 4 |
| L2 Cache | 224 KB | no data |
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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 170 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 896 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 448 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1134 MHz | 392 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | 127.0 GB/s | 3.136 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI | 1x DMS-59 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 896 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | 15 Watt |
GTX 275 PhysX Edition has a 600% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
ATI FireMV 2200, on the other hand, has 1360% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition and FireMV 2200. We've got no test results to judge.
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