AMD Radeon HD 8790M vs ATI FirePro V5800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8790M and ATI FirePro V5800 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, 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 8790M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 690 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 1176
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 272
  • Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4742 vs 3088
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2181 vs 2135
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2181 vs 2135
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 26 April 2010
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 690 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1306 vs 1176
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 vs 272
Geekbench - OpenCL 4742 vs 3088
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2181 vs 2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2181 vs 2135

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5800

  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 27.6 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
  • Around 60% better floating-point performance: 1,104.0 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3319 vs 2656
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 2014
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3319 vs 2656
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 2014
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 27.6 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 800 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,104.0 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3319 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3319 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 2014

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8790M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V5800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1306
1176
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
751
272
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4742
3088
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2181
2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2656
3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2181
2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2656
3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
3352
Name AMD Radeon HD 8790M ATI FirePro V5800
PassMark - G3D Mark 1306 1176
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 272
Geekbench - OpenCL 4742 3088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2181 2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2656 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2014 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2181 2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2656 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2014 3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1607

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8790M ATI FirePro V5800

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Mars Juniper
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 April 2013 26 April 2010
Place in performance rating 860 862
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $479

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 850 MHz 690 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 800
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 27.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,040 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 74 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 229 mm

API support

DirectX 11 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0