ATI FireGL V5200 vs ATI FireGL V7200

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V5200 and ATI FireGL V7200 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.

ATI FireGL V5200

ATI FireGL V7200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5200

Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1300 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7200

4x more texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 116 vs 115

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	116 vs 115

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V5200
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

348

Name	ATI FireGL V5200	ATI FireGL V7200
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	116
PassMark - G2D Mark	348	348

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V5200	ATI FireGL V7200
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV530	R520
Launch date	1 October 2005	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	491	492
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,279
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	41.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3