AMD FirePro R5000 vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro R5000 and AMD FirePro W8000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD FirePro R5000

AMD FirePro W8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro R5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 625 vs 489

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2013 vs 14 June 2012
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	625 vs 489

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 825 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 1792 vs 768
2.5x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 72% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3690
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3690
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4149 vs 2647

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 768
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3342
PassMark - G3D Mark	4149 vs 2647

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro R5000
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3690

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3690

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

625

489

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2647

4149

Name	AMD FirePro R5000	AMD FirePro W8000
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	625	489
PassMark - G3D Mark	2647	4149
Geekbench - OpenCL		82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7400

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro R5000	AMD FirePro W8000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Pitcairn	Tahiti
Launch date	25 February 2013	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,099	$1,599
Place in performance rating	408	409
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	1792
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x mini-DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
DisplayPort count		4
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5