AMD FirePro W7000 vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7000 and ATI Radeon X850 XT 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).

AMD FirePro W7000

ATI Radeon X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7000

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 520 MHz
9.1x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1080 MHz
52.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4279 vs 81
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 326

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 June 2012 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4279 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 326

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

5.1x lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4279

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

326

Name	AMD FirePro W7000	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	4279	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	543	326
Geekbench - OpenCL	18150
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 X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R400
Code name	Pitcairn	R480
Launch date	13 June 2012	1 December 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$899
Place in performance rating	497	494
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	520 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	160 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)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3