AMD FirePro S9050 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9050 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), 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).

AMD FirePro S9050

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 688 MHz
9.2x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 1792 vs 320
7.3x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 1 GB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1736 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4901 vs 839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2014 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901 vs 839

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 406 vs 369

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	406 vs 369

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9050
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4901

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

369

406

Name	AMD FirePro S9050	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	4901	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	369	406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	68.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1463.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	344.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	13032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	13032

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9050	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	R600
Launch date	7 August 2014	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	362	363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,899
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1792	320
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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	254 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-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	12 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4