FirePro W5000 DVI vs FirePro V4900

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking823not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.35no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameTurksPitcairn
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 November 2011 (13 years ago)25 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$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 cores480768
Core clock speed800 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors716 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate19.2039.60
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS1.267 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs2448

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
Length163 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort2x DVI
Dual-link DVI support-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2011 25 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

W5000 DVI has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

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