ATI FirePro V3800 vs HD Graphics 5600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking591not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.05no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT2Redwood
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date5 September 2014 (10 years ago)26 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$129

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 cores192400
Core clock speed300 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,300 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt43 Watt
Texture fill rate25.2013.00
Floating-point processing power0.4032 TFLOPS0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs38
TMUs2420

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 September 2014 26 April 2010
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 43 Watt

HD Graphics 5600 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 186.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 5600 and FirePro V3800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 5600 is a notebook card while FirePro V3800 is a workstation one.


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