AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 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, 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 - 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 W8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 134.4 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
Around 33% better floating-point performance: 4,301 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt

Texture fill rate	134.4 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	4,301 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 350 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition	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 7970 GHz Edition	AMD FirePro W8000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	22 June 2012	14 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$1,599
Place in performance rating	not rated	409
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,301 gflops	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1792
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	134.4 GTexel / s	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	4,313 million
Core clock speed		900 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort count		4
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	274 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	11	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync