AMD FirePro W7000 vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 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 W7000

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 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
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4279 vs 550

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 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	4279 vs 550
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 543

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 543

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4279

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

637

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3357

Name	AMD FirePro W7000	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	4279	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	543	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	18150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	52.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1148.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	268.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7000	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Pitcairn	R600
Launch date	13 June 2012	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	$2,799
Place in performance rating	497	406
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	4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
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	242 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