FirePro W5000 vs Radeon R7 M270DX

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5000 and Radeon R7 M270DX. 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 R7 M270DX. 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 W5000 Radeon R7 M270DX
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 System Shared
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W5000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M270DX uses IGP interface.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 M270DX - with GCN 3.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M270DX is 75 MHz higher, than FirePro W5000.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon R7 M270DX are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 2−3
ultra / 1080p 9−10 0−1
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 12−14
medium / 1080p 18−20 3−4
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon R7 M270DX.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon R7 M270DX
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Pitcairn Topaz
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 11 June 2014
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 825 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 940 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 22.56
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops
Length 183 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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