AMD Radeon RX 480 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 and ATI FireGL V8600 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 RX 480

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 688 MHz
16.6x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
7.2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 159 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8578 vs 839
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 159 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8578 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	774 vs 406

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

75.9x better floating-point performance: 440.3 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	440.3 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8578

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

774

406

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	8578	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	774	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	39538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	966

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ellesmere	R600
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$1,899
Place in performance rating	360	394
Price now	$299.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	440.3 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2304	320
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	254 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore