AMD FirePro M8900 vs AMD Radeon HD 6570

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and AMD Radeon HD 6570 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro M8900

AMD Radeon HD 6570

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.1x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 960 vs 480
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 900 MHz
12.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 1549
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.529 vs 4.278
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 760.858 vs 255.525
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.158 vs 0.464
Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 26.149 vs 13.633
Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 108.525 vs 59.183

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 7 February 2011
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 480
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 1549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529 vs 4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858 vs 255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.158 vs 0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.149 vs 13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525 vs 59.183

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6570

Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6570

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18738

1549

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.529

4.278

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

760.858

255.525

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.158

0.464

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26.149

13.633

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

108.525

59.183

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	AMD Radeon HD 6570
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738	1549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529	4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858	255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.158	0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.149	13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525	59.183
PassMark - G3D Mark		552
PassMark - G2D Mark		217
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2716
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		846

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	AMD Radeon HD 6570
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Blackcomb	Thames
Launch date	12 April 2011	7 February 2011
Place in performance rating	1431	1432
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Price now		$49.99
Value for money (0-100)		19.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	480
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	716 million
Boost clock speed		650 MHz
Stream Processors		480
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a	PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor	MXM-B
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115 GB / s	28.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)