FirePro W5000 DVI vs ATI FirePro V3700

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameRV620Pitcairn
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date8 August 2008 (16 years ago)25 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99 $599

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 cores40768
Core clock speed800 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors181 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate3.20039.60
Floating-point processing power0.064 TFLOPS1.267 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs448

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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm191 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / half length
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount256 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed950 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth15.2 GB/s102.4 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 Connectors2x DVI2x DVI
Dual-link DVI support-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2008 25 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 75 Watt

ATI V3700 has 134.4% lower power consumption.

W5000 DVI, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro V3700 and FirePro W5000 DVI. We've got no test results to judge.


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