AMD FirePro M6000 vs ATI Radeon HD 5830

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6000 and ATI Radeon HD 5830 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro M6000

ATI Radeon HD 5830

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.1x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 175 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 402
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1820 vs 1733

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2012 vs 25 February 2010
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 175 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 402
PassMark - G3D Mark	1820 vs 1733

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 1120 vs 640
Around 75% better floating-point performance: 1,792.0 gflops vs 1,024 gflops

Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops vs 1,024 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5830

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

776

402

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1820

1733

Name	AMD FirePro M6000	ATI Radeon HD 5830
Geekbench - OpenCL	8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	776	402
PassMark - G3D Mark	1820	1733
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M6000	ATI Radeon HD 5830
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Heathrow	Cypress
Launch date	1 July 2012	25 February 2010
Place in performance rating	527	529
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	1120
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s	44.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	2,154 million
Boost clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-B
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		282 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity