AMD Radeon RX 560X vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 560X

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 688 MHz
7411.4x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 159 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 669 vs 406
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3553 vs 839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 159 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	669 vs 406
PassMark - G3D Mark	3553 vs 839

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

169.3x better floating-point performance: 440.3 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	440.3 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

669

406

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3553

839

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X	ATI FireGL V8600
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5698
PassMark - G2D Mark	669	406
PassMark - G3D Mark	3553	839
Geekbench - OpenCL	16524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Polaris 21	R600
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	397	394
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1024	320
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	11.01 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support