Radeon Pro WX 8200 vs FirePro V5900

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro V5900 and Radeon Pro WX 8200, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro V5900
2011
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
3.28

Pro WX 8200 outperforms V5900 by a whopping 961% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking744146
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data24.97
Power efficiency3.0010.37
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameCaymanVega 10
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date24 May 2011 (13 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores5123584
Core clock speed600 MHz1200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate19.20336.0
Floating-point processing power0.6144 TFLOPS10.75 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs32224

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 3.0 x16
Length230 mm267 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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s512.0 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 DVI4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.1.125

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro V5900 3.28
Pro WX 8200 34.81
+961%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro V5900 1264
Pro WX 8200 13409
+961%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.28 34.81
Recency 24 May 2011 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 230 Watt

FirePro V5900 has 206.7% lower power consumption.

Pro WX 8200, on the other hand, has a 961.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro WX 8200 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V5900 in performance tests.


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