FirePro W5000 vs Radeon HD 7870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7870. 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 W5000 and Radeon HD 7870. 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 W5000 Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7870 has 133% more power consumption, than FirePro W5000.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7870 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 175 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 7870 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 1600 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 24−27
ultra / 1080p 9−10 14−16
QHD / 1440p 4−5 9−10
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 30−35 45−50
medium / 1080p 18−20 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 56% more, than FirePro W5000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon HD 7870
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Pitcairn Pitcairn XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 5 March 2012
Pipelines 768 1280
Core clock speed 825 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops
Length 183 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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