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
GPU 1
GPU 2
3977
36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.789
0.357
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
373
445
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2534
2281
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