AMD Radeon R7 260 vs AMD FirePro W5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 R7 260

AMD FirePro W5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Around 21% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
3x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 798.239 vs 771.327
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.223 vs 2.758

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 December 2013 vs 7 August 2012
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 1,267 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	798.239 vs 771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.223 vs 2.758

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

Around 97% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2974 vs 2892
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 568 vs 559

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2974 vs 2892
PassMark - G2D Mark	568 vs 559

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2892

2974

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

559

568

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

798.239

771.327

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.223

2.758

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260	AMD FirePro W5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892	2974
PassMark - G2D Mark	559	568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	798.239	771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.223	2.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	240.395
Geekbench - OpenCL		10275
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260	AMD FirePro W5000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Bonaire	Pitcairn
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	17 December 2013	7 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$599
Place in performance rating	555	556
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	44.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	768
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	2,800 million
Core clock speed		825 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort count		2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
Form factor		Full Height / Half Length
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync