FirePro W5000 vs Radeon R9 380

In this comparison between FirePro W5000 and Radeon R9 380 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 R9 380 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 153% more power consumption, than FirePro W5000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 380 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W5000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 380 is 38 mm longer, than FirePro W5000.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5000 is 2230 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

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 R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than FirePro W5000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon R9 380
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Pitcairn Tonga Pro
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 26 June 2015
Pipelines 768 1792
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 108.6
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 183 mm 221 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s 404 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / half length full height / full length / dual slot
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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