FirePro W5000 vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5000 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 W5000 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 W5000 Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W5000 has 525% more power consumption, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.
  • FirePro W5000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon R6 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 0−1
ultra / 1080p 9−10 0−1
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 10−12
medium / 1080p 18−20 2−3
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 316% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Pitcairn Carrizo
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 7 August 2012 4 June 2015
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops
Length 183 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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