AMD FirePro W8100 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8100 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/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 W8100

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 824 MHz vs 688 MHz
12x more texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 2560 vs 320
9.6x better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7279 vs 839
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 717 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2014 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	824 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7279 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	717 vs 406

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 220 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 220 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8100
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7279

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

717

406

Name	AMD FirePro W8100	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	7279	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	717	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	34705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	93.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2333.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.816
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	112.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	440.107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W8100	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	R600
Launch date	23 June 2014	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	386	363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,899
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2560	320
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 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
HD сomponent video output
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 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4