AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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. 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 580 2048SP

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 688 MHz
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 memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
9.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7663 vs 839
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 667 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 October 2018 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1168 MHz vs 688 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 159 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7663 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	667 vs 406

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7663

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

667

406

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	7663	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	667	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	34584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	122.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1890.261
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	625.621
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	849

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Polaris 20	R600
Launch date	15 October 2018	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	365	367
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	688 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	720 million
Floating-point performance		440.3 gflops
Pipelines		320
Texture fill rate		11.01 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1736 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Memory type		GDDR4