ATI FireGL V8600 vs Radeon HD 7670 OEM

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameTurksR600
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date5 January 2012 (12 years ago)14 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,899

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores480320
Core clock speed800 MHz688 MHz
Number of transistors716 million720 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)66 Watt159 Watt
Texture fill rate19.2011.01
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS0.4403 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2416

Form factor & 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length145 mm254 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR5GDDR4
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz868 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s111.1 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2012 14 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 66 Watt 159 Watt

HD 7670 OEM has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 140.9% lower power consumption.

ATI FireGL V8600, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7670 OEM and FireGL V8600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7670 OEM is a desktop card while FireGL V8600 is a workstation one.


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