FirePro W5000 vs Radeon HD 7950

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7950, 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 HD 7950, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 166% more power consumption, than FirePro W5000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro W5000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7950 are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is 84 mm longer, than FirePro W5000.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5000 is 1950 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 9−10 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than FirePro W5000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon HD 7950
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 31 January 2012
Pipelines 768 1792
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 89.60
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 183 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 240 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
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s 381 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration +
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