ATI FirePro V9800 vs ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V9800 and ATI Radeon X1600 PRO 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).

ATI FirePro V9800

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
34x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
5.9x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 780 MHz
27.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 99
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2010 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 99
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 273

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V9800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

655

273

Name	ATI FirePro V9800	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	99
PassMark - G2D Mark	655	273
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V9800	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Cypress	RV530
Launch date	9 September 2010	1 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$199
Place in performance rating	631	634
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1600
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	41 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	12.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	780 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3