ATI FirePro V5800 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V5800 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FirePro V5800

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 690 MHz vs 600 MHz
5.8x more texture fill rate: 27.6 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 800 vs 120
7.7x better floating-point performance: 1,104.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 1693
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 1693
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1176 vs 211

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2010 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	690 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	27.6 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 120
Floating-point performance	1,104.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 1693
PassMark - G3D Mark	1176 vs 211

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 74 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 272

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 74 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	337 vs 272

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V5800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1693

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1693

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

272

337

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1176

211

Name	ATI FirePro V5800	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3319
Geekbench - OpenCL	3099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2135
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	1693
PassMark - G2D Mark	272	337
PassMark - G3D Mark	1176	211

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V5800	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Juniper	RV630
Launch date	26 April 2010	28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$479
Place in performance rating	868	871
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	690 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,104.0 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	120
Texture fill rate	27.6 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	74 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2