AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost and AMD FirePro W8000 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 - 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 Radeon HD 7950 Boost

AMD FirePro W8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost

Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 350 Watt

Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 350 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 850 MHz
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost	AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G3D Mark		4149
PassMark - G2D Mark		489
Geekbench - OpenCL		82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost	AMD FirePro W8000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti	Tahiti
Launch date	22 June 2012	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$1,599
Place in performance rating	not rated	409
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	1792
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	274 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5