AMD FirePro V5900 vs ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V5900 and ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 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, 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), 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 V5900

ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V5900

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
12x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 600 MHz
46.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1265 vs 27
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 148

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 May 2011 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1265 vs 27
PassMark - G2D Mark	355 vs 148

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V5900
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1265

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

355

148

Name	AMD FirePro V5900	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1265	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	355	148
Geekbench - OpenCL	2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	66.259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5078

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V5900	ATI Radeon 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Rage 8
Code name	Cayman	RV350
Launch date	24 May 2011	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1098	1101
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	230 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR