AMD Radeon R9 370X vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 370X

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 688 MHz
7.5x more texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
6x better floating-point performance: 2,637 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

Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1736 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3348

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3357

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	ATI FireGL V8650
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	337.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	3357
PassMark - G3D Mark		550
PassMark - G2D Mark		637

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Trinidad	R600
Launch date	27 August 2015	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$2,799
Place in performance rating	526	434
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 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	2x 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