FirePro W9000 vs GeForce GTX 560

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W9000 and GeForce GTX 560. 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 W9000 and GeForce GTX 560. 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 W9000 GeForce GTX 560
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin Two 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • FirePro W9000 has 133% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 560.
  • FirePro W9000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTX 560 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W9000 has 5 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 560.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and GeForce GTX 560 - with Fermi 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 165 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560.
  • FirePro W9000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and GeForce GTX 560 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W9000 is 271 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 560.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 1500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 16−18
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 157% more, than GeForce GTX 560.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 GeForce GTX 560
Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Tahiti GF114
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 17 May 2011
Pipelines 2048 336
Core clock speed 975 MHz 810 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 45.36
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 1,088.6 gflops
Length 279 mm 8.25" (21 cm)
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.1
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 460 Mh/s 80 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
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