AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 vs AMD FirePro W5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 and AMD FirePro W5000 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 70% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • 9.7x more texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 4096 vs 768
  • 9.7x better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6958 vs 4308
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6958 vs 4308
  • 6.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 68562 vs 9969
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 7 August 2012
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate 384.0 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4096 vs 768
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6958 vs 4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6958 vs 4308
Geekbench - OpenCL 68562 vs 9969

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

  • Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1704 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1634
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1634
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 1846
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 1846
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz vs 1704 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 1634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 1634
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 1846
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 1846

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5000

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6958
4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6958
4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1634
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1634
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1846
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1846
3359
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
68562
9969
Name AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 AMD FirePro W5000
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6958 4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6958 4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1634 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1634 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1846 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1846 3359
Geekbench - OpenCL 68562 9969
PassMark - G3D Mark 2989
PassMark - G2D Mark 569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.758

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 AMD FirePro W5000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Vega 10 Pitcairn
Launch date 27 June 2017 7 August 2012
Place in performance rating 562 563
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $599

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1500 MHz
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops 1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 4096 768
Texture fill rate 384.0 GTexel / s 39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Half Length

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 482.8 GB / s 102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1704 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5