FirePro W8000 vs Radeon Pro 450

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W8000 and Radeon Pro 450. 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 W8000 and Radeon Pro 450. 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.

Radeon Pro 450 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 450 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 Pro 450 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon Pro 450
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • FirePro W8000 has 542% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • FirePro W8000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 450 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W8000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • FirePro W8000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 450 - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro 450 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • FirePro W8000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 450 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 420 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 450.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 14−16
ultra / 1080p 10−11 8−9
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 35−40 27−30
medium / 1080p 21−24 16−18
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 28% more, than Radeon Pro 450.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon Pro 450
Architecture GCN 1.0 Polaris
Code name Tahiti Polaris 11
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 14 June 2012 27 October 2016
Pipelines 1792 640
Core clock speed 900 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 32.00
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 1,024 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 176 GB/s 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 391 Mh/s 127 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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