AMD FirePro W8000 videocard review

AMD FirePro W8000

FirePro W8000 videocard released by AMD; release date: 14 June 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $1,599. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Tahiti.

Core clock speed - 900 MHz. Texture fill rate - 100.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1792. Floating-point performance - 3,226 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 4,313 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 350 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 176 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
4149
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
489
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
64.628 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
387.109 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
7400 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3717 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
7400.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3717.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3357.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 4149
PassMark - G2D Mark 489
Geekbench - OpenCL 82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 64.628 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 387.109 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 7400 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3717 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 7400.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3717.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Tahiti
Launch date 14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $1,599
Place in performance rating 409
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1792
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
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 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 176 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5