Radeon RX 6300M vs FirePro W8000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking426not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.02no data
Power efficiency3.31no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiNavi 24
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date14 June 2012 (12 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 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 cores1792768
Core clock speed900 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2400 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate100.8115.2
Floating-point processing power3.226 TFLOPS3.686 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs11248
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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 x4
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth176 GB/s72 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs
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 Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2012 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 35 Watt

FirePro W8000 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 6300M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 542.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W8000 and Radeon RX 6300M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W8000 is a workstation card while Radeon RX 6300M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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