AMD FireStream 9250 vs ATI FireGL V7600

Comparative analysis of AMD FireStream 9250 and ATI FireGL V7600 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.

AMD FireStream 9250

ATI FireGL V7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9250

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 600 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 240
3.5x better floating-point performance: 1,000.0 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1165 vs 616

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 240
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1165 vs 616

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7600

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 465

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	488 vs 465

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FireStream 9250
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1165

616

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

488

Name	AMD FireStream 9250	ATI FireGL V7600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1165	616
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	488

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FireStream 9250	ATI FireGL V7600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV770	R600
Launch date	16 June 2008	6 November 2007
Place in performance rating	299	295
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	800	240
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	63.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3