AMD FirePro W7000 videocard review

AMD FirePro W7000

FirePro W7000 videocard released by AMD; release date: 13 June 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $899. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Pitcairn.

Core clock speed - 950 MHz. Texture fill rate - 76 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1280. Floating-point performance - 2,432 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 350 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 153.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38719
4279
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1305
543
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
352097
18150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
52.467 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1148.367 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
4.886 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
85.472 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
268.490 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
6475 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3714 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
6475.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3714.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3359.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 4279
PassMark - G2D Mark 543
Geekbench - OpenCL 18150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 52.467 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1148.367 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.886 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 85.472 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 268.490 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6475 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3714 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3359 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6475.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3714.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3359.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn
Launch date 13 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $899
Place in performance rating 497
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1280
Texture fill rate 76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5