AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and ATI FireGL V8600 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 159 Watt
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 585 vs 406
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4809 vs 839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 14 May 2007
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 159 Watt
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	585 vs 406
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809 vs 839

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

2.3x more core clock speed: 688 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	688 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

585

406

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4809

839

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	ATI FireGL V8600
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
Geekbench - OpenCL	22421
PassMark - G2D Mark	585	406
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809	839

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale
Code name	Vega 12	R600
Launch date	14 November 2018	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	360	363
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	688 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	159 Watt
Floating-point performance		440.3 gflops
Pipelines		320
Texture fill rate		11.01 GTexel / s
Transistor count		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
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	1736 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Memory type		GDDR4