FirePro W8000 vs Radeon R9 FURY X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W8000 and Radeon R9 FURY X, 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 W8000 stacks up against Radeon R9 FURY X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon R9 FURY X
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 FURY X has 22% more power consumption, than FirePro W8000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W8000 and Radeon R9 FURY X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 FURY X - with GCN 3.0.
  • FirePro W8000 and Radeon R9 FURY X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W8000 is 88 mm longer, than Radeon R9 FURY X.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 4450 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 FURY X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 50−55
ultra / 1080p 10−11 30−35
QHD / 1440p 4−5 27−30
4K / 2160p 14−16
low / 720p 35−40 75−80
medium / 1080p 21−24 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 FURY X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 177% more, than FirePro W8000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon R9 FURY X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Tahiti Fiji
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 24 June 2015
Pipelines 1792 4096
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 268.8
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 8,602 gflops
Length 279 mm 191 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 176 GB/s 512 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
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Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
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Compute units 64
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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