ATI FirePro V8700 Duo vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5000

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameM26RV770
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date3 February 2005 (19 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

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 cores14800
Core clock speed350 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speed350 MHzno data
Number of transistors120 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data151 Watt
Texture fill rate2.80030.00
ROPs816
TMUs840

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data254 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed425 MHz3.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth13.6 GB/s108.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGL2.03.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 55 nm

ATI V8700 Duo has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility FireGL V5000 and FirePro V8700 Duo. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility FireGL V5000 is a mobile workstation card while FirePro V8700 Duo is a workstation one.


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