AMD Radeon HD 8830M vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8830M and ATI FireGL V8650 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8830M

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8830M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.3x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
Around 82% better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11302 vs 3357
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11302 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	11302 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	11302 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 688 MHz vs 575 MHz

Core clock speed	688 MHz vs 575 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8830M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11302

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11302

3357

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8830M	ATI FireGL V8650
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5106
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	11302	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	11302	3357
PassMark - G3D Mark		550
PassMark - G2D Mark		637

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8830M	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Venus	R600
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	437	434
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Boost clock speed	575 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	575 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR4
Shared memory	0