AMD Radeon R7 A265 vs ATI FireGL V7200

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 A265 and ATI FireGL V7200 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.

AMD Radeon R7 A265

ATI FireGL V7200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 19.8 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1300 MHz
8.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 994 vs 116
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 468 vs 348

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2014 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	994 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark	468 vs 348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 A265
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

468

348

Name	AMD Radeon R7 A265	ATI FireGL V7200
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	116
PassMark - G2D Mark	468	348
Geekbench - OpenCL	6925

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 A265	ATI FireGL V7200
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Opal	R520
Launch date	9 January 2014	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	455	457
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,279
Technical info
Boost clock speed	825 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	41.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3