AMD Radeon HD 8870M vs ATI FireGL V3600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8870M and ATI FireGL V3600 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 V3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 600 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 120
6.9x better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
9.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1638 vs 180
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 399
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1755
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1755

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 120
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1638 vs 180
PassMark - G2D Mark	629 vs 399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1755
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1755

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8870M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1638

180

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

629

399

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1755

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1755

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8870M	ATI FireGL V3600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1638	180
PassMark - G2D Mark	629	399
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	1755
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	1755

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8870M	ATI FireGL V3600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Venus	RV630
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	743	745
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	725 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	120
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	390 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		73 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	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0