AMD Radeon R9 270X vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X 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, 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 R9 270X

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
7.6x more texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
6.1x better floating-point performance: 2,688 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4893 vs 550

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4893 vs 550

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 611

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4893

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

611

637

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3357

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	4893	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	611	637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	63.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1314.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1771

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Curacao	R600
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$2,799
Place in performance rating	441	405
Price now	$399
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 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
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1736 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)