AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition vs ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition and ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
18.7x more texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
22.4x more pipelines: 1792 vs 80
29.9x better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	7 March 2013 vs 1 January 2009
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

6.3x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1230.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	370.179
PassMark - G2D Mark		482
PassMark - G3D Mark		51

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition	ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	RV620
Launch date	7 March 2013	1 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	612	322
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	80
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x VHDCI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3