AMD FirePro S7000 vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7000 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4524 vs 4149
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 489
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 August 2012 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4524 vs 4149
PassMark - G2D Mark 705 vs 489

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • Around 33% better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
  • Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 64.628 vs 52.282
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 387.109 vs 271.967
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.628 vs 52.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 387.109 vs 271.967

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7000
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4524
4149
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
705
489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.282
64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
271.967
387.109
Name AMD FirePro S7000 AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G3D Mark 4524 4149
PassMark - G2D Mark 705 489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 52.282 64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1275.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 66.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 271.967 387.109
Geekbench - OpenCL 82941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro S7000 AMD FirePro W8000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn Tahiti
Launch date 27 August 2012 14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $1,249 $1,599
Place in performance rating 410 409
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 950 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1792
Texture fill rate 76 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 1x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort count 1 4
Dual-link DVI support
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 292 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 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s 176 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5