AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs AMD FirePro W5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

AMD FirePro W5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 825 MHz
Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 350 Watt
2.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4102 vs 2988
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 577 vs 570
Around 76% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17594 vs 9969
Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 970.421 vs 771.327
Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.656 vs 2.758
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 4308

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 August 2016 vs 7 August 2012
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 39.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4102 vs 2988
PassMark - G2D Mark	577 vs 570
Geekbench - OpenCL	17594 vs 9969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	970.421 vs 771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.656 vs 2.758
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821 vs 4308

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

575.9x better floating-point performance: 1,267 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
37.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4308 vs 115.4

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4308 vs 115.4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4102

2988

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

577

570

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17594

9969

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

970.421

771.327

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.656

2.758

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6821

4308

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

115.4

4308

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	AMD FirePro W5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	4102	2988
PassMark - G2D Mark	577	570
Geekbench - OpenCL	17594	9969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	970.421	771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.656	2.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	76.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	237.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	115.4	4308
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1730
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	AMD FirePro W5000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Baffin	Pitcairn
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	8 August 2016	7 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	$599
Place in performance rating	561	563
Price now	$179.50
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	33.86
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Compute units	14
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.2 TFLOPs	1,267 gflops
GPU Power	35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	768
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	39.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort count		2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	183 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Half Length
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore