AMD FirePro S7000 vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7000 and ATI FireGL V8650 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), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

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
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1736 MHz
  • 8.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4524 vs 550
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 637
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 2 GB
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4524 vs 550
PassMark - G2D Mark 705 vs 637

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7000
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4524
550
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
705
637
Name AMD FirePro S7000 ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark 4524 550
PassMark - G2D Mark 705 637
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro S7000 ATI FireGL V8650

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Pitcairn R600
Launch date 27 August 2012 14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $1,249 $2,799
Place in performance rating 410 412
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
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 2 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