AMD FirePro M6000 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6000 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 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 5 month(s) later
  • 7x lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 3.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Launch date 1 July 2012 vs 31 January 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 1792 vs 640
  • 2.8x better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • 10.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82144 vs 8095
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 3024
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 3024
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 1832
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 1832
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 89.6 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,867 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 82144 vs 8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7988 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7988 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8095
82144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3024
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3024
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3359
Name AMD FirePro M6000 AMD Radeon HD 7950
Geekbench - OpenCL 8095 82144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3024 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3024 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1832 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1832 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3359
PassMark - G2D Mark 776
PassMark - G3D Mark 1820
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 343.81
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1914

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M6000 AMD Radeon HD 7950

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Heathrow Tahiti
Launch date 1 July 2012 31 January 2012
Place in performance rating 525 527
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $449

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops 2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 1792
Texture fill rate 32 GTexel / s 89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 43 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 4,313 million
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz
Compute units 28
Stream Processors 1792

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support n / a PCIe 3.0 x16
Form factor MXM-B
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 240 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
PowerTune
ZeroCore