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).

 

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 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4102 vs 2974
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 568
  • Around 72% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17646 vs 10275
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 969.655 vs 771.327
  • Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.655 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 2974
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 vs 568
Geekbench - OpenCL 17646 vs 10275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 969.655 vs 771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.655 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
2974
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
574
568
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17646
10275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
969.655
771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.655
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 2974
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 568
Geekbench - OpenCL 17646 10275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 969.655 771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.655 2.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 239.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6821 4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 115.4 4308
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1723
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 551 556
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