FirePro V5900 vs Radeon HD 8770M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 8770M, 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 V5900 stacks up against Radeon HD 8770M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 8770M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8770M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 8770M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon HD 8770M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI No outputs
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  • FirePro V5900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8770M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 8770M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro V5900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8770M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 8770M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8770M is 175 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8770M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8770M is 2500 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 7−8
ultra / 1080p 2−3 4−5
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 16−18
medium / 1080p 7−8 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8770M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 28% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon HD 8770M
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN
Code name Cayman Mars
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 May 2011 16 November 2012
Pipelines 512 384
Core clock speed 600 MHz 775 MHz
Boost Clock 825 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 19.80
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 633.6 gflops
Length 230 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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