FirePro W7000 vs Radeon R7 260X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W7000 and Radeon R7 260X. 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 W7000 and Radeon R7 260X. 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 W7000 Radeon R7 260X
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W7000 has 204% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 260X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W7000 and Radeon R7 260X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W7000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 260X - with GCN 2.0.
  • FirePro W7000 and Radeon R7 260X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W7000 is 72 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 16−18
ultra / 1080p 12−14 9−10
QHD / 1440p 6−7 4−5
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 30−35
medium / 1080p 24−27 20−22
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than Radeon R7 260X.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7000 Radeon R7 260X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Pitcairn Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 13 June 2012 8 October 2013
Pipelines 1280 896
Core clock speed 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 76.00 61.60
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 1,971 gflops
Length 242 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 104 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 285 Mh/s 225 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 6 Mh/s 5.16 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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