FirePro W8000 vs Radeon Pro 460

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W8000 and Radeon Pro 460, 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 Pro 460, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 460 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 460 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 460 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon Pro 460
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • FirePro W8000 has 542% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 460.
  • FirePro W8000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 460 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W8000 and Radeon Pro 460 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • FirePro W8000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 460 - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro 460 - with Polaris.
  • Both graphics cards have the same core clock speed.
  • FirePro W8000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 460 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 460.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 16−18
ultra / 1080p 10−11 10−11
QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 35−40
medium / 1080p 21−24 21−24
FirePro W8000 and Radeon Pro 460 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon Pro 460
Architecture GCN 1.0 Polaris
Code name Tahiti Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 14 June 2012 8 August 2016
Pipelines 1792 1024
Core clock speed 900 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 907 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 58.05
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 1,858 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 5000 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 227 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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