AMD FirePro S7100X vs ATI FireGL V3600

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and ATI FireGL V3600 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: 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro S7100X

ATI FireGL V3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 600 MHz
19.3x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
17.1x more pipelines: 2048 vs 120
20.6x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 144 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 120
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3600

Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 73 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	73 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3600

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	ATI FireGL V3600
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677
PassMark - G3D Mark		180
PassMark - G2D Mark		399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1755
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1755

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	ATI FireGL V3600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Amethyst	RV630
Launch date	25 May 2016	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	751	748
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	120
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	73 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2