AMD Radeon E8870 vs ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 10x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • 9.6x more pipelines: 768 vs 80
  • 16x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 96 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 66x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 51
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 482
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 September 2015 vs 1 January 2009
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 80
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3368 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark 708 vs 482

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 75 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3368
51
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
708
482
Name AMD Radeon E8870 ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
PassMark - G3D Mark 3368 51
PassMark - G2D Mark 708 482
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 FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale
Code name Saturn RV620
Launch date 29 September 2015 1 January 2009
Place in performance rating 340 320
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 768 80
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 32 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 181 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x VHDCI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 170 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3