AMD FirePro W600 videocard review

AMD FirePro W600

FirePro W600 videocard released by AMD; release date: 13 June 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 Cape Verde.

Core clock speed - 750 MHz. Texture fill rate - 24 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 512. Floating-point performance - 768.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 64 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
1671
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
603
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
6185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
17.708 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
585.463 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.857 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
36.592 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
93.116 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
2331 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1555 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3250 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
2331.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1555.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3250.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1671
PassMark - G2D Mark 603
Geekbench - OpenCL 6185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 17.708 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 585.463 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.857 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 36.592 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 93.116 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2331 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1555 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3250 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2331.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1555.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3250.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Cape Verde
Launch date 13 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Place in performance rating 916
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 512
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 163 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5