AMD FirePro W8000 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8000 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v 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 Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 1792 vs 320
11.2x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 288 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
4.6x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
15.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4096 vs 266
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 464 vs 398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2012 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4096 vs 266
PassMark - G2D Mark	464 vs 398

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

35x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8000
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4096

266

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

398

Name	AMD FirePro W8000	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
PassMark - G3D Mark	4096	266
PassMark - G2D Mark	464	398
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 Mobility Radeon HD 550v
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	M96
Launch date	14 June 2012	5 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599
Place in performance rating	409	393
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	320
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	No outputs
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
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
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	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory		0