ATI Radeon 7000 vs FirePro W5000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking521not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.39no data
Power efficiency7.17no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code namePitcairnRV100
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)19 February 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

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 cores768no data
Core clock speed825 MHz183 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate39.600.55
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPSno data
ROPs321
TMUs483

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Length183 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz183 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s2.928 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 W5000 2978
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ATI 7000 2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2012 19 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 23 Watt

FirePro W5000 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 7000, on the other hand, has 226.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5000 and Radeon 7000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 7000 is a desktop one.


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