Radeon R7 360 896SP 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 efficiency5.13no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code namePitcairnTobago
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 June 2012 (12 years ago)18 June 2015 (9 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 cores1280896
Core clock speed950 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate76.0061.60
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPS1.971 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8056

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 3.0 x16
Length242 mm183 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s96 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 DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
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 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 June 2012 18 June 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 85 Watt

FirePro W7000 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

R7 360 896SP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 311.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W7000 and Radeon R7 360 896SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W7000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 360 896SP is a desktop one.


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