FirePro W600 vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W600 and Radeon Sky 500. 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 W600 and Radeon Sky 500. 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 W600 Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 150 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 4 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Sky 500 has 100% more power consumption, than FirePro W600.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W600.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W600 and Radeon Sky 500 are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 200 MHz higher, than FirePro W600.
  • FirePro W600 and Radeon Sky 500 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon Sky 500 is 79 mm longer, than FirePro W600.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 800 MHz higher, than FirePro W600.

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 Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than FirePro W600.

Full Specs

  FirePro W600 Radeon Sky 500
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Cape Verde Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 13 June 2012 27 March 2013
Pipelines 512 1280
Core clock speed 750 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00 76.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 163 mm 242 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 154 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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