AMD FirePro W4300 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4300 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• 6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 300 Watt
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
• 4.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1375 MHz
• Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6161 vs 3704
• 5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 17597 vs 3350
• Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6161 vs 3704
• 5.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 17597 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

• 2.7x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
• 2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
• 2.7x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
• 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34541 vs 10312
• 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 84.381 vs 31.528
• Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1389.754 vs 828.57
• 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.872 vs 2.985
• Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 59.153
• 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 481.76 vs 152.484
• 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 3572
• 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 3572

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4300
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	10312 34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31.528 84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	828.57 1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.985 8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	59.153 101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	152.484 481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3572 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6161 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	17597 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3572 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6161 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	17597 3350

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