FirePro R5000 vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro R5000 and Radeon RX 480 mobile, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro R5000 stacks up against Radeon RX 480 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 480 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 480 mobile 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 RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  FirePro R5000 Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro R5000 has 250% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.
  • FirePro R5000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 6 GB more memory, than FirePro R5000.
  • FirePro R5000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - in Laptops.
  • FirePro R5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • FirePro R5000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 4800 MHz higher, than FirePro R5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 12−14
ultra / 1080p 8−9 7−8
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 27−30
medium / 1080p 16−18 14−16
FirePro R5000 and Radeon RX 480 mobile have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro R5000 Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture GCN 1.0 Polaris
Code name Pitcairn Polaris
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 25 February 2013 1 August 2016
Pipelines 768 2304
Core clock speed 825 MHz
Boost Clock 1077 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 155.1
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops 4,963 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
Dual-link DVI support +
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