ATI FirePro V8800 vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V8800 and ATI Radeon HD 5970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 208 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2281 vs 2263
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 416
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3575 vs 3454
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3213
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3575 vs 3454
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3213
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 April 2010 vs 18 November 2009
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 725 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 208 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2281 vs 2263
PassMark - G2D Mark 445 vs 416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3575 vs 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3575 vs 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3213

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

  • 3.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 66.0 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 1600
  • Around 76% better floating-point performance: 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1600 vs 1600
Floating-point performance 2x 2,320.0 gflops vs 2,640.0 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V8800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2281
2263
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
445
416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3575
3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3575
3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3213
Name ATI FirePro V8800 ATI Radeon HD 5970
PassMark - G3D Mark 2281 2263
PassMark - G2D Mark 445 416
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 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3575 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3977
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI FirePro V8800 ATI Radeon HD 5970

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Cypress Hemlock
Launch date 7 April 2010 18 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $1,499 $699
Place in performance rating 693 605
Type Workstation Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 825 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,640.0 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1600 2x 1600
Texture fill rate 66.0 GTexel / s 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 208 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 2,154 million 2,154 million
Boost clock speed 725 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 147.2 GB / s 2x 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity