AMD FirePro W5000 vs ATI FireMV 2250

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5000 and ATI FireMV 2250 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/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).

AMD FirePro W5000

ATI FireMV 2250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 600 MHz
16.5x more texture fill rate: 39.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
64.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2985 vs 46
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 290

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2012 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2985 vs 46
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 290

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2250

10.9x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5000
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2985

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

290

Name	AMD FirePro W5000	ATI FireMV 2250
PassMark - G3D Mark	2985	46
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	290
Geekbench - OpenCL	9969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.758
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5000	ATI FireMV 2250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Pitcairn	RV516
Launch date	7 August 2012	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	559	562
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59
DisplayPort count	2
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Half Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	183 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2