FirePro W5000 vs Radeon E8860

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5000 and Radeon E8860, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W5000 stacks up against Radeon E8860, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 37 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W5000 has 102% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon E8860 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon E8860 are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5000 is 250 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon E8860 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon E8860 is 1300 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 7−8
ultra / 1080p 9−10 4−5
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 18−20
medium / 1080p 18−20 9−10
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 90% more, than Radeon E8860.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon E8860
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn Venus
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 25 January 2014
Pipelines 768 640
Core clock speed 825 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 625 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 25.00
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 183 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s 48 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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