Quadro FX Go1400 vs FirePro 2270

Place in the ranking	1274	1353
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.69	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Cedar	NV41
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	31 January 2011 (13 years ago)	25 February 2005 (19 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	80	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	4.800	2.200
Floating-point processing power	0.096 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	8
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	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-III
Length	170 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	295 MHz
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB/s	18.88 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

1x DMS-59

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
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.

FirePro 2270 0.37
+42.3%

FX Go1400 0.26

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.

FirePro 2270 142
+40.6%

FX Go1400 101

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	0.37	0.26
Recency	31 January 2011	25 February 2005
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm

FirePro 2270 has a 42.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro 2270 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX Go1400 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro 2270 is a workstation card while Quadro FX Go1400 is a mobile workstation one.

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