FirePro 2270 vs Quadro FX 2000

Place in the ranking	1478	1274
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.69
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	NV30	Cedar
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	21 January 2003 (21 year ago)	31 January 2011 (13 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	no data	80
Core clock speed	400 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	125 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.200	4.800
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	8

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	AGP 8x	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	170 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	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	DDR2	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	9.6 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	4.4
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 2000 0.05

FirePro 2270 0.37
+640%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FX 2000 18

FirePro 2270 142
+689%

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	0.05	0.37
Recency	21 January 2003	31 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	40 nm

FirePro 2270 has a 640% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro 2270 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 2000 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.