FirePro W8000 vs Radeon HD 7870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W8000 and Radeon HD 7870, 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 HD 7870, check out specs charts below.

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Main Specs

	FirePro W8000	Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	175 Watt
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
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FirePro W8000 has 28% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7870.
FirePro W8000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 100 MHz higher, than FirePro W8000.
FirePro W8000 and Radeon HD 7870 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	16−18	24−27
ultra / 1080p	10−11	14−16
QHD / 1440p	4−5	9−10
4K / 2160p	−	6−7
low / 720p	35−40	45−50
medium / 1080p	21−24	30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 38% more, than FirePro W8000.
high / 1080p	27−30	35−40
ultra / 1080p	24−27	30−35
QHD / 1440p	7−8	16−18
4K / 2160p	6−7	10−11
low / 720p	60−65	75−80
medium / 1080p	30−35	40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Battlefield 5 is 33% more, than FirePro W8000.
low / 768p	50−55	50−55
high / 1080p	50−55	−
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
FirePro W8000 and Radeon HD 7870 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p	220−230	240−250
medium / 768p	190−200	210−220
ultra / 1080p	100−110	130−140
QHD / 1440p	65−70	100−110
4K / 2160p	35−40	60−65
high / 768p	150−160	180−190
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 20% more, than FirePro W8000.
low / 768p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	45−50	−
medium / 1080p	55−60	55−60
FirePro W8000 and Radeon HD 7870 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p	110−120	120−130
medium / 768p	100−110	110−120
ultra / 1080p	70−75	85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Dota 2 is 12% more, than FirePro W8000.
high / 1080p	21−24	30−33
ultra / 1080p	18−20	27−30
QHD / 1440p	18−20	21−24
4K / 2160p	6−7	9−10
low / 720p	45−50	60−65
medium / 1080p	21−24	30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Far Cry 5 is 40% more, than FirePro W8000.
high / 1080p	27−30	35−40
ultra / 1080p	21−24	30−33
QHD / 1440p	14−16	18−20
low / 720p	110−120	130−140
medium / 1080p	60−65	80−85
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Fortnite is 27% more, than FirePro W8000.
high / 1080p	30−33	40−45
ultra / 1080p	21−24	30−33
QHD / 1440p	10−12	18−20
4K / 2160p	−	14−16
low / 720p	60−65	75−80
medium / 1080p	30−35	45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Forza Horizon 4 is 34% more, than FirePro W8000.
low / 768p	95−100	110−120
medium / 768p	85−90	100−110
high / 1080p	35−40	45−50
ultra / 1080p	14−16	20−22
QHD / 1440p	4−5	10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 22% more, than FirePro W8000.
high / 1080p	10−12	14−16
ultra / 1080p	8−9	12−14
QHD / 1440p	−	10−12
4K / 2160p	2−3	4−5
low / 720p	35−40	45−50
medium / 1080p	14−16	21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Metro Exodus is 42% more, than FirePro W8000.
low / 768p	110−120	120−130
medium / 1080p	110−120	110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Minecraft is 4% more, than FirePro W8000.
ultra / 1080p	14−16	14−16
low / 720p	65−70	75−80
medium / 1080p	18−20	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 12% more, than FirePro W8000.
high / 1080p	14−16	16−18
ultra / 1080p	9−10	10−12
QHD / 1440p	0−1	4−5
4K / 2160p	−	2−3
low / 720p	30−35	45−50
medium / 1080p	18−20	24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 31% more, than FirePro W8000.
low / 768p	65−70	85−90
medium / 768p	40−45	50−55
high / 1080p	21−24	30−33
ultra / 1080p	12−14	16−18
4K / 2160p	7−8	10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 30% more, than FirePro W8000.
low / 768p	90−95	90−95
medium / 768p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	35−40	45−50
high / 768p	55−60	55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in World of Tanks is 4% more, than FirePro W8000.

Full Specs

	FirePro W8000	Radeon HD 7870
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN
Code name	Tahiti	Pitcairn XT
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 June 2012	5 March 2012
Pipelines	1792	1280
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Transistor count	4,313 million	2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	100.8
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops
Length	279 mm
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	176 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)	391 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 / full length
StereoOutput3D	+
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support	+
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FirePro W8000 vs Radeon HD 7870

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