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).

 

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
  • 64.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2979 vs 46
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 570 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 2979 vs 46
PassMark - G2D Mark 570 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
2979
46
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
570
290
Name AMD FirePro W5000 ATI FireMV 2250
PassMark - G3D Mark 2979 46
PassMark - G2D Mark 570 290
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