AMD FirePro W8000 vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8000 and ATI FirePro V8700 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 FirePro V8700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 750 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
2.2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 800
2.7x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 3400 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4164 vs 1539
22x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 152.6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2012 vs 11 September 2008
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 800
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 3400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4164 vs 1539
PassMark - G2D Mark	528 vs 527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 152.6

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 151 Watt vs 350 Watt
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8543 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8543 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8000
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4164

1539

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

528

527

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

8543

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

152.6

Name	AMD FirePro W8000	ATI FirePro V8700
PassMark - G3D Mark	4164	1539
PassMark - G2D Mark	528	527
Geekbench - OpenCL	24518
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	8543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	152.6

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W8000	ATI FirePro V8700
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	RV770
Launch date	14 June 2012	11 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$1,499
Place in performance rating	437	438
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	800
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	1x DVI, 2x 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 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	176 GB / s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5