AMD Radeon HD 6650A vs ATI FireGL V7700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6650A and ATI FireGL V7700 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6650A

ATI FireGL V7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
Around 16% better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 April 2011 vs 19 November 2007
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 320
Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	836 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7700

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 418

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 600 MHz
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 418

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6650A
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

422

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

836

660

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6650A	ATI FireGL V7700
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	422
PassMark - G3D Mark	836	660

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6650A	ATI FireGL V7700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Onega	RV670
Launch date	19 April 2011	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	352	355
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	777 MHz
Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	480	320
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR4