ATI FirePro V8700 vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V8700 and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FirePro V8700

ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 500 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 990 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 527 vs 415
10.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1539 vs 141

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 September 2008 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	527 vs 415
PassMark - G3D Mark	1539 vs 141

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V8700
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

527

415

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1539

141

Name	ATI FirePro V8700	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	152.6
PassMark - G2D Mark	527	415
PassMark - G3D Mark	1539	141

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V8700	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV770	R520
Launch date	11 September 2008	1 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499
Place in performance rating	430	377
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s	31.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3