FirePro W9000 vs Radeon HD 7870

In this comparison between FirePro W9000 and Radeon HD 7870 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people FirePro W9000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 7870 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
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  • FirePro W9000 has 100% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • FirePro W9000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 25 MHz higher, than FirePro W9000.
  • FirePro W9000 and Radeon HD 7870 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 24−27
ultra / 1080p 21−24 14−16
QHD / 1440p 16−18 9−10
4K / 2160p 10−11 6−7
low / 720p 60−65 45−50
medium / 1080p 40−45 30−33
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than Radeon HD 7870.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon HD 7870
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Tahiti Pitcairn XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 5 March 2012
Pipelines 2048 1280
Core clock speed 975 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 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) 460 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 +
Dual-link DVI support +
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