AMD FirePro W8000 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8000 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 W8000

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 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
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1736 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4096 vs 839
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 464 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2012 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	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4096 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	464 vs 406

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8000
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4096

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

406

Name	AMD FirePro W8000	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	4096	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	464	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W8000	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	R600
Launch date	14 June 2012	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$1,899
Place in performance rating	409	363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
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)	350 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	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	279 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	176 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4