FirePro V7900 vs Radeon Sky 500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V7900 and Radeon Sky 500, 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 V7900 stacks up against Radeon Sky 500, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro V7900 has 0% more power consumption, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • FirePro V7900 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 V7900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 225 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V7900 is 37 mm longer, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon Sky 500.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 24−27 60−65
medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 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 1280 1280
Core clock speed 725 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 76.00
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 279 mm 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 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 2.1 x16 PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4 1
Dual-link DVI support + +
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