AMD Radeon Pro 555 vs ATI FirePro V8800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555 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, Technologies. 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 Pro 555

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 208 Watt
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5100 MHz vs 4600 MHz
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3141 vs 2281
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 445
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 31.301 vs 18.27
  • 7.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.83 vs 0.357
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2017 vs 7 April 2010
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 208 Watt
Memory clock speed 5100 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3141 vs 2281
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 vs 445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.301 vs 18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.83 vs 0.357

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

  • Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 66.0 GTexel / s vs 40.8 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 1600 vs 768
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 2,640.0 gflops vs 1,306 gflops
  • 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36751 vs 11413
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1180.667 vs 572.795
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.357 vs 26.388
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 228.843 vs 162.706
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3575 vs 2221
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3575 vs 2221
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 66.0 GTexel / s vs 40.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1600 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,640.0 gflops vs 1,306 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 36751 vs 11413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1180.667 vs 572.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.357 vs 26.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 228.843 vs 162.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3575 vs 2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3575 vs 2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3141
2281
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
659
445
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11413
36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.301
18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
572.795
1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.83
0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.388
49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.706
228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2221
3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2221
3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3356
Name AMD Radeon Pro 555 ATI FirePro V8800
PassMark - G3D Mark 3141 2281
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 445
Geekbench - OpenCL 11413 36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.301 18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 572.795 1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.83 0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 26.388 49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 162.706 228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2221 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2221 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 555 ATI FirePro V8800

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Polaris 21 Cypress
Launch date 5 June 2017 7 April 2010
Place in performance rating 722 725
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,499

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,306 gflops 2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 1600
Texture fill rate 40.8 GTexel / s 66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 208 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 81.6 GB / s 147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5100 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0