AMD FirePro D500 vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D500 and ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD FirePro D500

ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 425 MHz
13.6x more texture fill rate: 69.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
128x more pipelines: 1536 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 950 MHz

Launch date	18 January 2014 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 950 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D500
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Name	AMD FirePro D500	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
Geekbench - OpenCL	17965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
PassMark - G3D Mark		45
PassMark - G2D Mark		248

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro D500	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Tahiti	M56
Launch date	18 January 2014	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	698	701
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536	12
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	274 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		425 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	279 mm
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	475 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0