AMD Radeon HD 8870M vs ATI FireGL V3200

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8870M and ATI FireGL V3200 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

ATI FireGL V3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
15.5x more texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
6.4x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 700 MHz
19.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1638 vs 85
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1638 vs 85
PassMark - G2D Mark	629 vs 236

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8870M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1638

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

629

236

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8870M	ATI FireGL V3200
PassMark - G3D Mark	1638	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	629	236
Geekbench - OpenCL	8637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	106.848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8870M	ATI FireGL V3200
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 9
Code name	Venus	RV380
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	743	740
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	725 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	75 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		46 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0