NVIDIA GeForce 825M vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 825M and ATI FireGL V8600 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce 825M

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 825M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 688 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 30.11 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 64% better floating-point performance: 722.7 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 159 Watt
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1736 MHz

Launch date	27 January 2014 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	30.11 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 159 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1736 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 839 vs 782
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 406 vs 247

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	839 vs 782
PassMark - G2D Mark	406 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 825M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

406

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 825M	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	782	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	15796

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 825M	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GK208	R600
Launch date	27 January 2014	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	791	363
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	30.11 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	1300 Million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR4
Shared memory	0