FirePro W8000 vs Radeon RX 560 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W8000 and Radeon RX 560 mobile, 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 RX 560 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 560 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 560 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX 560 mobile here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon RX 560 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 55 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • FirePro W8000 has 309% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 560 mobile.
  • FirePro W8000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 560 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro W8000 and Radeon RX 560 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • FirePro W8000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 275 MHz higher, than FirePro W8000.
  • FirePro W8000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 500 MHz higher, than FirePro W8000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 18−20
ultra / 1080p 10−11 10−11
QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 35−40
medium / 1080p 21−24 21−24
FirePro W8000 and Radeon RX 560 mobile have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon RX 560 mobile
Architecture GCN 1.0 Polaris
Code name Tahiti Polaris 11
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 14 June 2012 5 January 2017
Pipelines 1792 1024
Core clock speed 900 MHz 1175 MHz
Boost Clock 1275 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 58.97
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 2,462 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 176 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 391 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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