FirePro W600 vs GeForce GTX 960

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W600 and GeForce GTX 960. 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 W600 and GeForce GTX 960. 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 W600 GeForce GTX 960
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
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  • GeForce GTX 960 has 60% more power consumption, than FirePro W600.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 960 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W600.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W600 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and GeForce GTX 960 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960 is 377 MHz higher, than FirePro W600.
  • FirePro W600 and GeForce GTX 960 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W600 is 154 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 960.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W600 is 3993 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−11 40−45
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than FirePro W600.

Full Specs

  FirePro W600 GeForce GTX 960
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Cape Verde GM206
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 13 June 2012 22 January 2015
Pipelines 512 1024
Core clock speed 750 MHz 1127 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00 72 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 2,413 gflops
Length 163 mm 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 112 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.27 kh/s
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s 318 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.92 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 8 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 141.47 Sol/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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