AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs ATI FirePro V8800
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and ATI FirePro V8800 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- 3.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 66.0 GTexel / s
- Around 20% higher pipelines: 2x 960 vs 1600
- Around 16% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
- 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.789 vs 0.357
- Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 2281
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 19 September 2011 vs 7 April 2010 |
Texture fill rate | 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 66.0 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2x 960 vs 1600 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 2x 2 GB vs 2 GB |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.789 vs 0.357 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2534 vs 2281 |
Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800
- Around 3% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 208 Watt vs 254 Watt
- Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4200 MHz
- 9.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36751 vs 3977
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 373
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 825 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 208 Watt vs 254 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 4600 MHz vs 4200 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 36751 vs 3977 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 445 vs 373 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8800
Geekbench - OpenCL |
|
|
||||
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
|
|
||||
PassMark - G2D Mark |
|
|
||||
PassMark - G3D Mark |
|
|
Name | AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 | ATI FirePro V8800 |
---|---|---|
Geekbench - OpenCL | 3977 | 36751 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.789 | 0.357 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 373 | 445 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2534 | 2281 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 18.27 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1180.667 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 49.357 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 228.843 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3575 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3575 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 | ATI FirePro V8800 | |
---|---|---|
Essentials |
||
Architecture | TeraScale 2 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | Barts | Cypress |
Launch date | 19 September 2011 | 7 April 2010 |
Place in performance rating | 720 | 722 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,499 | |
Technical info |
||
Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 825 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2x 1,536.0 gflops | 2,640.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 2x 960 | 1600 |
Texture fill rate | 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec | 66.0 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 254 Watt | 208 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,700 million | 2,154 million |
Video outputs and ports |
||
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
||
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
Length | 267 mm | |
API support |
||
DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Memory |
||
Maximum RAM amount | 2x 2 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 2x 134.4 GB / s | 147.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 4200 MHz | 4600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |