AMD FirePro S7000 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7000 and ATI FireGL V8600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD FirePro S7000

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 688 MHz
6.9x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
5.5x better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1736 MHz
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4524 vs 839
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 August 2012 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	705 vs 406

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7000
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4524

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

705

406

Name	AMD FirePro S7000	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	4524	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	705	406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	52.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1275.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	66.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	271.967

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7000	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Pitcairn	R600
Launch date	27 August 2012	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,249	$1,899
Place in performance rating	399	363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	1
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	292 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4