AMD FirePro W5000 videocard review

AMD FirePro W5000

FirePro W5000 videocard released by AMD; release date: 7 August 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $599. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Pitcairn.

Core clock speed - 825 MHz. Texture fill rate - 39.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 768. Floating-point performance - 1,267 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 350 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 102.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
2979
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
570
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
9969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
771.327 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
2.758 Frames/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
4308 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3716 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3359 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
4308.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3716.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3359.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2979
PassMark - G2D Mark 570
Geekbench - OpenCL 9969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 771.327 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 2.758 Frames/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4308 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3716 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3359 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 4308.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3716.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3359.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn
Launch date 7 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Place in performance rating 559
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 768
Texture fill rate 39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Half Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5