ATI FirePro V8800 vs ATI FireGL 8800

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V8800 and ATI FireGL 8800 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro V8800

ATI FireGL 8800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 300 MHz
27.5x more texture fill rate: 66.0 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
7.9x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 580 MHz

Launch date	7 April 2010 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	66.0 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 580 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V8800
GPU 2: ATI FireGL 8800

Name	ATI FirePro V8800	ATI FireGL 8800
PassMark - G3D Mark	2281
PassMark - G2D Mark	445
Geekbench - OpenCL	36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V8800	ATI FireGL 8800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rage 7
Code name	Cypress	R200
Launch date	7 April 2010	14 August 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499
Place in performance rating	693	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	1600
Texture fill rate	66.0 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	208 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.4	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR