AMD Radeon HD 7730 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7730 and ATI FireGL V8600 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.

AMD Radeon HD 7730

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7730

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 688 MHz
Around 74% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 40% better floating-point performance: 614.4 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 159 Watt
2.6x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1205 vs 839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2013 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 159 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1205 vs 839

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 406 vs 401

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	406 vs 401

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7730
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1205

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

406

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7730	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1205	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	401	406

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7730	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Cape Verde	R600
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	1 May 2013	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$59	$1,899
Place in performance rating	353	363
Price now	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	37.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4