AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs ATI FireGL V7350

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and ATI FireGL V7350 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.

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

ATI FireGL V7350

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
8.3x more texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
41.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4619 vs 111
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 590 vs 344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2012 vs 1 October 2005
Texture fill rate	80 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4619 vs 111
PassMark - G2D Mark	590 vs 344

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7350

2x lower typical power consumption: 111 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	111 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7350

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4619

111

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

590

344

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition	ATI FireGL V7350
PassMark - G3D Mark	4619	111
PassMark - G2D Mark	590	344
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition	ATI FireGL V7350
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Pitcairn	R520
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	5 March 2012	1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	$1,599
Place in performance rating	474	473
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	80 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	111 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	321 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	41.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync