AMD FirePro W7000 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 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 W7000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • 3.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.472 vs 69.23
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 June 2012 vs 31 January 2012
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.472 vs 69.23
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 3699

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82144 vs 17788
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.74 vs 52.467
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1177.395 vs 1148.367
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.685 vs 4.886
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 343.81 vs 268.49
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 6475
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 6475
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 89.6 GTexel / s vs 76 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 2,867 gflops vs 2,432 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 82144 vs 17788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 63.74 vs 52.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1177.395 vs 1148.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.685 vs 4.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 343.81 vs 268.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7988 vs 6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7988 vs 6475

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17788
82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.467
63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1148.367
1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.886
5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
85.472
69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
268.49
343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6475
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6475
7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
Name AMD FirePro W7000 AMD Radeon HD 7950
PassMark - G3D Mark 4255
PassMark - G2D Mark 539
Geekbench - OpenCL 17788 82144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 52.467 63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1148.367 1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.886 5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.472 69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 268.49 343.81
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6475 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6475 7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1914

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W7000 AMD Radeon HD 7950

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn Tahiti
Launch date 13 June 2012 31 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $449
Place in performance rating 502 503
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1792
Texture fill rate 76 GTexel / s 89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 4,313 million
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz
Compute units 28
Stream Processors 1792

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s 240 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
PowerTune
ZeroCore