FirePro W600 vs Radeon HD 7950

In this comparison between FirePro W600 and Radeon HD 7950 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 W600 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 7950 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  FirePro W600 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 6x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 166% more power consumption, than FirePro W600.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro W600.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W600 and Radeon HD 7950 are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • FirePro W600 and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is 104 mm longer, than FirePro W600.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W600 is 2750 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−11 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than FirePro W600.

Full Specs

  FirePro W600 Radeon HD 7950
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Cape Verde Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 13 June 2012 31 January 2012
Pipelines 512 1792
Core clock speed 750 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00 89.60
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 163 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 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 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 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
AppAcceleration +
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