ATI FireMV 2200 vs Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking766not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)R300 (2005−2008)
GPU code nameKaveri SpectreRV370
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 January 2014 (10 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 cores512no data
Core clock speed720 MHz324 MHz
Number of transistorsno data107 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1.296
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataDDR
Maximum RAM amountno data128 MB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data392 MBps
Memory bandwidthno data3.136 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 Connectorsno data1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)9.0
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) has a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

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AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
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