AMD Radeon E8870 vs ATI FireGL V7600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 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, 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), 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 Radeon E8870

ATI FireGL V7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
6.7x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 768 vs 240
5.3x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 127 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 616
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 240
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 127 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368 vs 616
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 488

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

616

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

488

Name	AMD Radeon E8870	ATI FireGL V7600
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	616
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	488
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8870	ATI FireGL V7600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Saturn	R600
Launch date	29 September 2015	6 November 2007
Place in performance rating	341	295
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	768	240
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3