GeForce GTX 285 X2 vs FireStream 9250

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking775not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.38no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameRV770GT200B
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)17 June 2009 (15 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 cores800240
Core clock speed625 MHz648 MHz
Number of transistors956 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt315 Watt
Texture fill rate25.0051.84
Floating-point processing power1 TFLOPS0.7085 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4080

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data275 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed993 MHz1152 MHz
Memory bandwidth63.55 GB/s147.5 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 DVI2x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 June 2008 17 June 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 315 Watt

FireStream 9250 has 110% lower power consumption.

GTX 285 X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between FireStream 9250 and GeForce GTX 285 X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireStream 9250 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 285 X2 is a desktop one.


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AMD FireStream 9250
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