AMD FirePro W8000 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8000 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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 Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 669 MHz
2.8x more pipelines: 1792 vs 2x 320
3.8x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 2x 428.2 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 2x 512 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1656 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4096 vs 822
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 464 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2012 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	1792 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4096 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	464 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

2.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 350 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4096

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

422

Name	AMD FirePro W8000	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	4096	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	464	422
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 Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	RV670
Launch date	14 June 2012	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	$349
Place in performance rating	409	344
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	2x 320
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	2x DVI, 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	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	176 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3