ATI FirePro V9800 vs ATI FireGL V5600

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V9800 and ATI FireGL V5600 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, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro V9800

ATI FireGL V5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 800 MHz
10.6x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 1600 vs 120
14.2x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 2200 MHz
8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 341
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 445

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2010 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 120
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 2200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 341
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 445

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5600

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V9800
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

655

445

Name	ATI FirePro V9800	ATI FireGL V5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	341
PassMark - G2D Mark	655	445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	118.756
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2204
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2204

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V9800	ATI FireGL V5600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Cypress	RV630
Launch date	9 September 2010	28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$599
Place in performance rating	629	630
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1600	120
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4