AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs ATI FirePro V8800
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and ATI FirePro V8800 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 3% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 825 MHz
- Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
- Around 12% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1600
- Around 26% better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 208 Watt
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4600 MHz
- Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2785 vs 2281
- 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.311 vs 18.27
- 9.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.328 vs 0.357
- Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.205 vs 49.357
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3575
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3575
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 8 January 2013 vs 7 April 2010 |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 825 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 103.6 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1792 vs 1600 |
Floating-point performance | 3,315 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt vs 208 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 4600 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2785 vs 2281 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.311 vs 18.27 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.328 vs 0.357 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.205 vs 49.357 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3705 vs 3575 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3705 vs 3575 |
Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800
- Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 364
- 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36751 vs 13770
- Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1180.667 vs 795.334
- Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 228.843 vs 181.508
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 445 vs 364 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 36751 vs 13770 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1180.667 vs 795.334 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 228.843 vs 181.508 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 vs 3348 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 vs 3348 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8800
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM | ATI FirePro V8800 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2785 | 2281 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 364 | 445 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 13770 | 36751 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.311 | 18.27 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.334 | 1180.667 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.328 | 0.357 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.205 | 49.357 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 181.508 | 228.843 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4396 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3705 | 3575 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 | 3356 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4396 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3705 | 3575 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 | 3356 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM | ATI FirePro V8800 | |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | Tahiti | Cypress |
Launch date | 8 January 2013 | 7 April 2010 |
Place in performance rating | 719 | 722 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,499 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 825 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 3,315 gflops | 2,640.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 1792 | 1600 |
Texture fill rate | 103.6 GTexel / s | 66.0 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | 208 Watt |
Transistor count | 4,313 million | 2,154 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 240.0 GB / s | 147.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 4600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |