FireStream 9270 vs GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated726
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.49
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGT200BRV770
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date16 February 2010 (14 years ago)13 November 2008 (16 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 cores240800
Core clock speed633 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate50.6430.00
Floating-point processing power0.6221 TFLOPS1.2 TFLOPS
ROPs2816
TMUs8040

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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin2x 6-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount896 MB2 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1134 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth127.0 GB/s115.2 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 Connectors2x DVI1x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 February 2010 13 November 2008
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 160 Watt

GTX 275 PhysX Edition has an age advantage of 1 year.

FireStream 9270, on the other hand, has a 128.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 36.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition and FireStream 9270. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition is a desktop card while FireStream 9270 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition
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