Radeon Pro W6600 vs FirePro W5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5000 and Radeon Pro W6600, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W5000
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
7.71

Pro W6600 outperforms W5000 by a whopping 424% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking51898
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.3870.41
Power efficiency7.1428.06
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnNavi 23
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)8 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro W6600 has 5002% better value for money than FirePro W5000.

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 cores7681792
Core clock speed825 MHz2331 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2903 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate39.60325.1
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPS10.4 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs48112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length183 mm241 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s224.0 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 DVI, 2x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort
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)12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

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 W5000 7.71
Pro W6600 40.41
+424%

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 2975
Pro W6600 15596
+424%

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 7.71 40.41
Recency 7 August 2012 8 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt

FirePro W5000 has 33.3% lower power consumption.

Pro W6600, on the other hand, has a 424.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro W6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5000 in performance tests.


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