FireGL 8700 vs FireGL V8650

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	R600	R200
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	14 May 2007 (16 years ago)	14 August 2001 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,799	no data
Current price	$149 (0.1x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	320	no data
Core clock speed	688 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	720 million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	11.01	2.000
Floating-point performance	440.3 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	254 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR4	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1736 MHz	540 MHz
Memory bandwidth	111.1 GB/s	8.64 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x DVI, 1x VGA

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10.0 (10_0)	8.1
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	14 May 2007	14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	80 nm	150 nm

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