FirePro W5000 vs Radeon HD 6990

In this comparison between FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 6990 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people FirePro W5000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6990 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 400% more power consumption, than FirePro W5000.
  • FirePro W5000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 6990 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 5 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.
  • FirePro W5000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6990 is 112 mm longer, than FirePro W5000.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 1800 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 30−35 30−35
medium / 1080p 18−20 18−20
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon HD 6990.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon HD 6990
Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 3
Code name Pitcairn Antilles
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 8 March 2011
Pipelines 768 1536
Core clock speed 825 MHz 830 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 79.68
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 183 mm 295 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s 265 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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