FirePro W8000 vs Radeon R9 Fury

When choosing between FirePro W8000 and Radeon R9 Fury, it is worth examining the specifications of the models in detail. Do they meet the recommended requirements of modern games and software? Storage capacity, form factor, TDP, available ports, warranty and manufacturer support are all important. For example, the size of a PC case can limit the maximum thickness and length of the card. Often, instead of the factory overclocked card and RGB backlight, it is better to choose a reference model with a more efficient GPU. And make sure that your current power supply unit has the correct connection pins (using adapters is not recommended). This GPUs compare tool is meant to help you to choose the best graphics card for your build. Let's find out the difference between FirePro W8000 and Radeon R9 Fury.

Main Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon R9 Fury
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 Fury has 22% more power consumption, than FirePro W8000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro W8000 and Radeon R9 Fury have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 Fury - with GCN 1.2.
  • FirePro W8000 and Radeon R9 Fury are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 5000 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 50−55
ultra / 1080p 10−11 30−35
QHD / 1440p 4−5 27−30
4K / 2160p 14−16
low / 720p 35−40 75−80
medium / 1080p 21−24 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 Fury in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 177% more, than FirePro W8000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8000 Radeon R9 Fury
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.2
Code name Tahiti Fiji
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 16 June 2015
Pipelines 1792 3584
Core clock speed 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 224.0
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 7,168 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 176 GB/s 512 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 391 Mh/s 800 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Compute units 56
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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