ATI FirePro V5800 vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V5800 and ATI Radeon X1600 XT 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 X1600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 690 MHz vs 590 MHz
11.7x more texture fill rate: 27.6 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 1745
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 1745
10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1180 vs 116

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2010 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	690 MHz vs 590 MHz
Texture fill rate	27.6 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 1745
PassMark - G3D Mark	1180 vs 116

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 74 Watt
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 356 vs 278

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 74 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	356 vs 278

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V5800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 XT

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1745

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1745

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

356

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1180

116

Name	ATI FirePro V5800	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3319
Geekbench - OpenCL	3085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2135
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	1745
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	356
PassMark - G3D Mark	1180	116

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V5800	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Juniper	RV530
Launch date	26 April 2010	1 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$479
Place in performance rating	857	858
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	690 MHz	590 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	27.6 GTexel / s	2.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	74 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	22.08 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3