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).

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

ATI FirePro V8800

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	721	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