RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB vs FirePro W7000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking417not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.95no data
Power efficiency5.34no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnGA104
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date13 June 2012 (12 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 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 cores12804096
Core clock speed950 MHz495 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1170 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate76.00149.8
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPS9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs80128
Tensor Coresno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s336.0 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 DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
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 Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 June 2012 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 70 Watt

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has an age advantage of 8 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W7000 and RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W7000 is a workstation card while RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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