AMD FireStream 9350 vs Intel Aubrey Isle

Comparative analysis of AMD FireStream 9350 and Intel Aubrey Isle videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD FireStream 9350

Intel Aubrey Isle

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9350

42x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
45x more pipelines: 1440 vs 32
26.3x better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 76.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 45 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt

Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1440 vs 32
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops vs 76.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Aubrey Isle

Around 71% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Core clock speed	1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FireStream 9350	Intel Aubrey Isle
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Knights
Code name	Cypress	Knights Ferry
Launch date	1 June 2010	31 May 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1200 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops	76.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	45 nm
Pipelines	1440	32
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	2,300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	307.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5