AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs ATI FirePro V8800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6950 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

• Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
• Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
• Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2612 vs 2281
• 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.659 vs 0.357
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.698 vs 49.357
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.203 vs 228.843
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3356
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

• Around 14% higher pipelines: 1600 vs 1408
• Around 17% better floating-point performance: 2,640.0 gflops vs 2,252.8 gflops
• 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 208 Watt vs 500 Watt
• 3.7x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 438
• 6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36751 vs 6114
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.27 vs 16.999
• Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1180.667 vs 899.056
• Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3575 vs 2523
• Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3575 vs 2523

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8800

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2612 2281
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	438 445
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	6114 36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	16.999 18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	899.056 1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.659 0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.698 49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	251.203 228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2523 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11657 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2523 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11657 3356

Compare specifications (specs)