FirePro V5900 vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V5900 and Radeon Sky 500. 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 V5900 and Radeon Sky 500. 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 V5900 Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Sky 500 has 100% more power consumption, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 350 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon Sky 500 is 12 mm longer, than FirePro V5900.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 2800 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 7−8 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 500% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon Sky 500
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 1.0
Code name Cayman Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 27 March 2013
Pipelines 512 1280
Core clock speed 600 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 76.00
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 230 mm 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 154 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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