AMD Radeon R9 370 vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4722 vs 4096
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 464
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 900 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4722 vs 4096
PassMark - G2D Mark 781 vs 464
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3717

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

  • Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • Around 29% better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82941 vs 75346
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 387.109 vs 336.491
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7400 vs 6096
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7400 vs 6096
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 82941 vs 75346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.628 vs 64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 387.109 vs 336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7400 vs 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7400 vs 6096

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4722
4096
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
781
464
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
75346
82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
64.576
64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
336.491
387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6096
7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6096
7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3357
Name AMD Radeon R9 370 AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G3D Mark 4722 4096
PassMark - G2D Mark 781 464
Geekbench - OpenCL 75346 82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.576 64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 336.491 387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6096 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6096 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 370 AMD FirePro W8000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Trinidad Tahiti
Launch date 5 May 2015 14 June 2012
Place in performance rating 407 409
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,599

Technical info

Boost clock speed 975 MHz
Core clock speed 925 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1792
Texture fill rate 78 GTexel / s 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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 221 mm 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 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 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB / s 176 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5