AMD FireStream 9270 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

VS

AMD FireStream 9270

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 2GB VRAM FireStream 9270 and 128MB VRAM Quadro FX 550 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.

Main Differences

AMD FireStream 9270 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 7 months late

More VRAM (2GB vs 128GB)

Larger VRAM bandwidth (115.2GB/s vs 12.80GB/s)

800 additional rendering cores

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 's Advantages

Lower TDP (30W vs 160W)

Score

FireStream 9270

VS

Quadro FX 550

Graphics Card

Nov 2008

Release Date

Apr 2006

FireStream

Generation

Quadro FX Curie

Desktop

Type

Desktop

PCIe 2.0 x16

Bus Interface

PCIe 1.0 x16

Clock Speeds

-

900 MHz

Memory Clock

400 MHz

Memory

2GB

Memory Size

128MB

GDDR5

Memory Type

GDDR3

256bit

Memory Bus

128bit

115.2GB/s

Bandwidth

12.80GB/s

Render Config

10

Compute Units

-

800

Shading Units

-

40

TMUs

8

16

ROPs

4

-

16 KB (per CU)

L1 Cache

-

256 KB

L2 Cache

-

Theoretical Performance

12.00 GPixel/s

Pixel Rate

1.440 GPixel/s

30.00 GTexel/s

Texture Rate

2.880 GTexel/s

-

1200 GFLOPS

FP32 (float)

-

240.0 GFLOPS

FP64 (double)

-

Board Design

160W

TDP

30W

450 W

Suggested PSU

200 W

1x DVI

Outputs

2x DVI 1x S-Video

2x 6-pin

Power Connectors

None

Graphics Processor

RV770

GPU Name

NV43

RV770 XT

GPU Variant

NV43 GL

TeraScale

Architecture

Curie

TSMC

Foundry

TSMC

55 nm

Process Size

110 nm

0.956 billion

Transistors

0.146 billion

256 mm²

Die Size

154 mm²

Graphics Features

10.1 (10_1)

DirectX

9.0c (9_3)

3.3

OpenGL

2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)

1.1

OpenCL

N/A

Vulkan

N/A

-

4.1

Shader Model

3.0

Related GPU Comparisons

1

AMD FireStream 9270 vs AMD Radeon Pro W5700

2

AMD FireStream 9270 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

3

AMD FireStream 9270 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

4

AMD FireStream 9270 vs ATI Radeon HD 2950 XTX

5

AMD FireStream 9270 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

6

AMD FireStream 9270 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 LE

7

AMD FireStream 9270 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM

8

AMD FireStream 9270 vs AMD FirePro S9300 X2

9

AMD FireStream 9270 vs AMD Radeon R9 FURY

10

AMD FireStream 9270 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Related News

1

Intel Reports High Return Rates for Devices Featuring Snapdragon X Series; Qualcomm Counters with 'Industry Standard' Claim

2

Intel Confirms Panther Lake Adopts 18A Process, ES0 Samples Already Sent to Customers

3

Complete Lineup of Core Ultra 200HX/H/U and Core 200H/U Revealed: 31 Models to Dazzle the Eyes

4

Amechi Unveils V1 Mini PC: Only 0.33L Volume with 150W Power Consumption

5

iPhone 17 Series Set for Major Design Overhaul: Camera Module Transformed into Sleek Strip

6

The Thinnest iPhone Ever! iPhone 17 Air Reportedly Enters Foxconn's NPI Stage

7

Apple Allegedly Cancels M4 Extreme, Originally Planned for Mac Pro with 64-Core CPU and 160-Core GPU

8

Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.2: Intel Arrow Lake Gaming Performance Soars by 33%!

9

Intel Finally Achieves Frame Generation! 'F1 24' Becomes the First XeSS 2 Game

10

World's First! Intel Arc B580 Graphics Card Arrives Early