AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs AMD FirePro W600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and AMD FirePro W600 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).

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD FirePro W600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

5.6x more texture fill rate: 134.4 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 512
5.6x better floating-point performance: 4,301 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB

Texture fill rate	134.4 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 512
Floating-point performance	4,301 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W600

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
2.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W600

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition	AMD FirePro W600
PassMark - G3D Mark		1671
PassMark - G2D Mark		603
Geekbench - OpenCL		6185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		17.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		585.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		36.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		93.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3250

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition	AMD FirePro W600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti	Cape Verde
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	22 June 2012	13 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$599
Place in performance rating	not rated	916
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,301 gflops	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	512
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	134.4 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	1,500 million
Core clock speed		750 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	274 mm	163 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync