AMD Radeon RX 570X vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570X 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, Technologies. 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 95 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 1579.7x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8697 vs 7400
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8697 vs 7400
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 464
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2108 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed 1168 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8697 vs 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8697 vs 7400
PassMark - G2D Mark 750 vs 464

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

  • 632.5x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3101
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3101
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4096 vs 1923
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82941 vs 38939
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3345
PassMark - G3D Mark 4096 vs 1923
Geekbench - OpenCL 82941 vs 38939

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8697
7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8697
7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3101
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3101
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
3357
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
750
464
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1923
4096
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
38939
82941
Name AMD Radeon RX 570X AMD FirePro W8000
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8697 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8697 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3101 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3101 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 3357
PassMark - G2D Mark 750 464
PassMark - G3D Mark 1923 4096
Geekbench - OpenCL 38939 82941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 387.109

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 570X AMD FirePro W8000

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 20 Tahiti
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2108 14 June 2012
Place in performance rating 337 409
Type Desktop, Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,599

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1244 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 1168 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 5.1 TFLOPs 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 1792
Pixel fill rate 39.81 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s 100.8 GTexel / s
Texture Units 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort count 4
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 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 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 176 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support