FirePro W9000 vs Radeon R9 380X

In this comparison between FirePro W9000 and Radeon R9 380X you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people FirePro W9000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon R9 380X will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W9000 has 84% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 380X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W9000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 380X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • FirePro W9000 and Radeon R9 380X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W9000 is 58 mm longer, than Radeon R9 380X.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 4530 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
FirePro W9000 and Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon R9 380X
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Tahiti Antigua
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 19 November 2015
Pipelines 2048 2048
Core clock speed 975 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 124.2
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 3,973 gflops
Length 279 mm 221 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 460 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
Compute units 32
Form factor full height / full length full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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