AMD FirePro M8900 vs ATI Radeon HD 5670

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M8900 and ATI Radeon HD 5670 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

ATI Radeon HD 5670

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 960 vs 400
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
27x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 694
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.529 vs 3.914
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 760.858 vs 184.557
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.158 vs 0.319
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 26.149 vs 12.627
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 108.525 vs 27.325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 April 2011 vs 14 January 2010
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 400
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529 vs 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858 vs 184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.158 vs 0.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.149 vs 12.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525 vs 27.325

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5670

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 680 MHz
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 680 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M8900
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5670

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18738

694

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.529

3.914

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

760.858

184.557

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.158

0.319

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26.149

12.627

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

108.525

27.325

Name	AMD FirePro M8900	ATI Radeon HD 5670
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738	694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529	3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858	184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.158	0.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.149	12.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525	27.325
PassMark - G3D Mark		805
PassMark - G2D Mark		288
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2113
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2113
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M8900	ATI Radeon HD 5670
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Blackcomb	Redwood
Launch date	12 April 2011	14 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1415	1417
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$119
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	400
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	15.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	64 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	627 million
Boost clock speed		775 MHz
Stream Processors		400
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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	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	64 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)