AMD Radeon HD 6790 vs ATI FirePro V5800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6790 and ATI FirePro V5800 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 690 MHz
  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 27.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 22% better floating-point performance: 1,344.0 gflops vs 1,104.0 gflops
  • Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1616 vs 1176
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 374 vs 272
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3127 vs 2135
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3534 vs 3319
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3127 vs 2135
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3534 vs 3319
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 April 2011 vs 26 April 2010
Core clock speed 840 MHz vs 690 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 GTexel / s vs 27.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,344.0 gflops vs 1,104.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1616 vs 1176
PassMark - G2D Mark 374 vs 272
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3127 vs 2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3534 vs 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3127 vs 2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3534 vs 3319

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5800

  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 74 Watt vs 150 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 74 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6790
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V5800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1616
1176
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
374
272
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3127
2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3534
3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3127
2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3534
3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3352
Name AMD Radeon HD 6790 ATI FirePro V5800
PassMark - G3D Mark 1616 1176
PassMark - G2D Mark 374 272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 748.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3127 2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3534 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3127 2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3534 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3352
Geekbench - OpenCL 3088

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6790 ATI FirePro V5800

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Barts Juniper
Launch date 4 April 2011 26 April 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $149 $479
Place in performance rating 861 862
Price now $64.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 39.40

Technical info

Core clock speed 840 MHz 690 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,344.0 gflops 1,104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 800 800
Texture fill rate 33.6 GTexel / s 27.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 74 Watt
Transistor count 1,700 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 198 mm 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5