AMD FirePro W8000 vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8000 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 - 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).

 

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
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 3.2x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1736 MHz
  • 7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4149 vs 550
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 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4149 vs 550

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 489
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 637 vs 489

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8000
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4149
550
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
489
637
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3357
Name AMD FirePro W8000 ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark 4149 550
PassMark - G2D Mark 489 637
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 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W8000 ATI FireGL V8650

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Tahiti R600
Launch date 14 June 2012 14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $1,599 $2,799
Place in performance rating 409 412
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
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 2 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