AMD Radeon E8870 vs ATI FireMV 2260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and ATI FireMV 2260 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 FireMV 2260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
20x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
19.2x more pipelines: 768 vs 40
32x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
28.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 117
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368 vs 117
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 488

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2260

5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

117

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

488

Name	AMD Radeon E8870	ATI FireMV 2260
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	117
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 FireMV 2260
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Saturn	RV620
Launch date	29 September 2015	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	341	308
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	40
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2