FirePro V7900 vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 and Radeon R6 Carrizo. 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 V7900 and Radeon R6 Carrizo. 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 R6 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Carrizo 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 R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro V7900 has 1158% more power consumption, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.
  • FirePro V7900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 0−1
ultra / 1080p 6−7 0−1
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 10−12
medium / 1080p 14−16 2−3
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Cayman Carrizo
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 May 2011 4 June 2015
Pipelines 1280 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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