ATI Mobility FireGL V5725 vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL V5725 and ATI FireGL V8650 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility FireGL V5725

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5725

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	1 January 2009 vs 14 May 2007
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 688 MHz vs 680 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 11.01 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 120
2.7x better floating-point performance: 440.3 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1736 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 550 vs 219
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 405

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	688 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.01 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 120
Floating-point performance	440.3 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1736 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	550 vs 219
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 405

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL V5725
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

219

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

405

637

Name	ATI Mobility FireGL V5725	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	219	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	405	637
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility FireGL V5725	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M86	R600
Launch date	1 January 2009	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	387	405
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	163.2 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	120	320
Texture fill rate	5.44 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Transistor count	378 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1736 MHz
Shared memory	0
Memory type		GDDR4