AMD FirePro W5000 vs ATI Radeon HD 4270

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5000 and ATI Radeon HD 4270 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 - 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 Radeon HD 4270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 590 MHz
19.2x more pipelines: 768 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
27.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2989 vs 110
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 303

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2012 vs 1 May 2010
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 590 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2989 vs 110
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 303

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2989

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

303

Name	AMD FirePro W5000	ATI Radeon HD 4270
PassMark - G3D Mark	2989	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	303
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 Radeon HD 4270
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	RV6xx
Code name	Pitcairn	RS880M
Launch date	7 August 2012	1 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	563	564
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	590 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	40
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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
Length	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0