AMD Radeon R9 370 vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 370

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 688 MHz
7.1x more texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
5.7x better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
3.2x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1736 MHz
8.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4722 vs 550
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 637

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722 vs 550
PassMark - G2D Mark	781 vs 637

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4722

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

781

637

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	781	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	75346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Trinidad	R600
Launch date	5 May 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	414	412
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	221 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
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 clock speed	5600 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4