FirePro 2270 vs GRID M3-3020

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GRID M3-3020 and FirePro 2270, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GRID M3-3020
2016
4 GB GDDR5
7.67
+1973%

GRID M3-3020 outperforms 2270 by a whopping 1973% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5241274
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.69
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGM107Cedar
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date18 May 2016 (8 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 cores64080
Core clock speed1033 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1306 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate52.244.800
Floating-point processing power1.672 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm170 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth83.2 GB/s9.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.0-

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 7.67 0.37
Recency 18 May 2016 31 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

GRID M3-3020 has a 1973% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GRID M3-3020 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro 2270 in performance tests.


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