AMD FirePro W4300 vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4300 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, 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 W4300

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 688 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 768 vs 320
3.2x better floating-point performance: 1,428 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
3.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2798 vs 550
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 17597 vs 3357
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 17597 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2798 vs 550
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	17597 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	17597 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 601

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 601

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4300
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2798

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

601

637

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17597

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17597

3357

Name	AMD FirePro W4300	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	2798	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	601	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	11008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	828.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	59.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	152.484
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	17597	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	17597	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W4300	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Bonaire	R600
Launch date	1 December 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	435	434
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	768	320
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	171 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4