RTX A2000 vs FirePro W7000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W7000 and RTX A2000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W7000
2012
4 GB GDDR5, 350 Watt
11.11

RTX A2000 outperforms W7000 by a whopping 220% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking417137
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.9586.03
Power efficiency5.3436.67
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnGA106
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 June 2012 (12 years ago)10 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 $449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX A2000 has 4312% better value for money than FirePro W7000.

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 cores12803328
Core clock speed950 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate76.00124.8
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPS7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs80104
Tensor Coresno data104
Ray Tracing Coresno data26

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
Length242 mm167 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s288.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

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 W7000 11.11
RTX A2000 35.58
+220%

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 W7000 4288
RTX A2000 13728
+220%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

FirePro W7000 17771
RTX A2000 73380
+313%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD27−30
−256%
96
+256%
1440p14−16
−229%
46
+229%
4K9−10
−222%
29
+222%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.11 35.58
Recency 13 June 2012 10 August 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 70 Watt

RTX A2000 has a 220.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The RTX A2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W7000 in performance tests.


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