AMD Radeon R7 370 vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 370 and ATI FireGL V8650 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 370

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
5.7x more texture fill rate: 62.4 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 320
4.5x better floating-point performance: 1,997 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
8.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4499 vs 550

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4499 vs 550
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1736 MHz vs 975 MHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 608

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1736 MHz vs 975 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 608

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 370
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4499

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

608

637

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3357

Name	AMD Radeon R7 370	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	4499	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	608	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	86561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1506.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	116.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	359.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1499

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 370	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Trinidad	R600
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$2,799
Place in performance rating	412	415
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1024	320
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	720 million
Core clock speed		688 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	152 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)