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.

 

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 1550
  • 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 1550
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
1550
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 1550
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 550
PassMark - G2D Mark 216
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)