ATI FirePro V9800 videocard review

ATI FirePro V9800

FirePro V9800 videocard released by ATI; release date: 9 September 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $3,499. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Cypress.

Core clock speed - 850 MHz. Texture fill rate - 68.0 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1600. Floating-point performance - 2,720.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 2,154 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 250 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 147.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
2727
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
9.718 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
738.100 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.867 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
27.153 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
118.756 mHash/s
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2727
PassMark - G2D Mark 655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 9.718 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 738.100 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.867 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 27.153 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 118.756 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Cypress
Launch date 9 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $3,499
Place in performance rating 629
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 1600
Texture fill rate 68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5