ATI FireMV 2250 vs GeForce GTX 570
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 444 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.15 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.24 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | RV516 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 December 2010 (13 years ago) | 2007 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 480 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 732 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 105 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | 32 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 43.92 | 2.400 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.405 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 40 | 4 |
| TMUs | 60 | 4 |
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 support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 170 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1280 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1900 MHz (3800 data rate) | 800 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | 152.0 GB/s | 12.8 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 Connectors | Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI | 1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59 |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 1280 MB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | 32 Watt |
GTX 570 has a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.
ATI FireMV 2250, on the other hand, has 584.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 570 and FireMV 2250. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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