AMD FirePro W7000 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 52% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 7.6x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1450 MHz
  • 31.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4270 vs 137
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 550 vs 507
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 June 2012 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 76 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4270 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark 550 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 350 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4270
137
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
550
507
Name AMD FirePro W7000 ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 4270 137
PassMark - G2D Mark 550 507
Geekbench - OpenCL 18106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 52.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1148.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 268.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W7000 ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 R500
Code name Pitcairn R580
Launch date 13 June 2012 24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $899
Place in performance rating 495 294
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 950 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 1280
Texture fill rate 76 GTexel / s 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 384 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 242 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s 46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 1450 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3