FirePro V5900 vs FirePro W9000

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V5900 and FirePro W9000. 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 V5900 and FirePro W9000. 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 V5900 FirePro W9000
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 350 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
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  • FirePro W9000 has 366% more power consumption, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and FirePro W9000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W9000 has 4 GB more memory, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and FirePro W9000 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 375 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and FirePro W9000 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W9000 is 49 mm longer, than FirePro V5900.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 3500 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 7−8 40−45
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 500% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 FirePro W9000
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 1.0
Code name Cayman Tahiti
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 24 May 2011 14 June 2012
Pipelines 512 2048
Core clock speed 600 MHz 975 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 124.8
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 3,994 gflops
Length 230 mm 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 264 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 460 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
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