FirePro W5000 vs Radeon HD 7850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7850 has 200% more power consumption, than FirePro W5000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7850 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7850 are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7850 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7850 is 27 mm longer, than FirePro W5000.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5000 is 2000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 18−20
ultra / 1080p 9−10 10−12
QHD / 1440p 4−5 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 35−40
medium / 1080p 18−20 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than FirePro W5000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon HD 7850
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 5 March 2012
Pipelines 768 1024
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 55.04
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops 1,761 gflops
Length 183 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s 249 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.5 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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