ATI Radeon X1650 GTO vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 GTO 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 GTO

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Launch date 2 December 2007 vs 14 May 2007

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 688 MHz vs 587 MHz
  • 4.7x more texture fill rate: 11.01 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 1736 MHz vs 784 MHz
  • 7.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 550 vs 75
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 384
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 688 MHz vs 587 MHz
Texture fill rate 11.01 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1736 MHz vs 784 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 550 vs 75
PassMark - G2D Mark 637 vs 384

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1650 GTO
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
75
550
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
384
637
Name ATI Radeon X1650 GTO ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark 75 550
PassMark - G2D Mark 384 637
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X1650 GTO ATI FireGL V8650

Essentials

Architecture R500 TeraScale
Code name RV530 R600
Launch date 2 December 2007 14 May 2007
Place in performance rating 412 409
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $2,799

Technical info

Core clock speed 587 MHz 688 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 80 nm
Texture fill rate 2.348 GTexel / s 11.01 GTexel / s
Transistor count 157 million 720 million
Floating-point performance 440.3 gflops
Pipelines 320

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 254 mm

API support

DirectX 9.0c 10.0
OpenGL 2.0 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.54 GB / s 111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 784 MHz 1736 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR4