GRID M60-2Q vs ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated376
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data4.32
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameRV280GM204
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date2006 (18 years ago)30 August 2015 (9 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 coresno data2048
Core clock speed240 MHz557 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1178 MHz
Number of transistors36 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate0.96150.8
Floating-point processing powerno data4.825 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs4128

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 3.0 x16
Length170 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MBps1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/s160.4 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 Connectors1x DMS-59No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.44.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.2

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 225 Watt

ATI FireMV 2200 PCI has 1400% lower power consumption.

GRID M60-2Q, on the other hand, has a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FireMV 2200 PCI and GRID M60-2Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireMV 2200 PCI is a desktop card while GRID M60-2Q is a workstation one.


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