AMD FirePro M6000 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6000 and AMD Radeon HD 7850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 5.2x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 559
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 July 2012 vs 5 March 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3351
PassMark - G2D Mark 776 vs 559

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

  • Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 55.04 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
  • Around 72% better floating-point performance: 1,761 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6173 vs 3024
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6173 vs 3024
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3696 vs 1832
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3696 vs 1832
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3856 vs 1820
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 55.04 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 640
Floating-point performance 1,761 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6173 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6173 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3696 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3696 vs 1832
PassMark - G3D Mark 3856 vs 1820

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3024
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3024
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3351
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
776
559
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1820
3856
Name AMD FirePro M6000 AMD Radeon HD 7850
Geekbench - OpenCL 8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3024 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3024 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1832 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1832 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3351
PassMark - G2D Mark 776 559
PassMark - G3D Mark 1820 3856
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 249.482
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1312

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M6000 AMD Radeon HD 7850

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Heathrow Pitcairn
Launch date 1 July 2012 5 March 2012
Place in performance rating 525 526
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $249
Price now $449.59
Value for money (0-100) 11.01

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops 1,761 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 1024
Texture fill rate 32 GTexel / s 55.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,800 million
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Stream Processors 1200

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support n / a PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor MXM-B
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 210 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync