FirePro 2270 vs Tesla M2090
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Tesla M2090 and FirePro 2270, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Tesla M2090 outperforms 2270 by a whopping 2470% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 464 | 1274 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.61 | 1.69 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | Cedar |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 July 2011 (13 years 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 | 512 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 651 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 292 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 41.66 | 4.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.332 TFLOPS | 0.096 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 4 |
| TMUs | 64 | 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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 248 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 924 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 177.4 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 | No outputs | 1x DMS-59 |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
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 | 9.51 | 0.37 |
| Recency | 25 July 2011 | 31 January 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 512 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 15 Watt |
Tesla M2090 has a 2470.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
FirePro 2270, on the other hand, has 1566.7% lower power consumption.
The Tesla M2090 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro 2270 in performance tests.
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