ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v 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 Radeon HD 540v

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	5 May 2010 vs 14 May 2007
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 688 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 11.01 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 320 vs 80
5x better floating-point performance: 440.3 gflops vs 88 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1736 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 550 vs 188
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 382

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	688 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.01 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 80
Floating-point performance	440.3 gflops vs 88 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1736 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	550 vs 188
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 382

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

637

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	188	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	382	637
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M92	R600
Launch date	5 May 2010	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	415	412
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	88 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	80	320
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
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	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2	GDDR4
Shared memory	0