FirePro W600 vs Radeon R7 260

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W600 and Radeon R7 260. 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 W600 and Radeon R7 260. 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.

Main Specs

  FirePro W600 Radeon R7 260
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 260 has 53% more power consumption, than FirePro W600.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W600 and Radeon R7 260 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W600 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 260 - with GCN 2.0.
  • FirePro W600 and Radeon R7 260 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R7 260 is 7 mm longer, than FirePro W600.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W600 is 2375 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 18−20 30−35
medium / 1080p 10−11 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 260 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 80% more, than FirePro W600.

Full Specs

  FirePro W600 Radeon R7 260
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Cape Verde Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 13 June 2012 17 December 2013
Pipelines 512 768
Core clock speed 750 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00 48.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 163 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 104 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s 240 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
DDMA audio +
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