Radeon RX 6800 vs FirePro D500

Place in performance ranking	395	32
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.80	22.29
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Navi 21
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)	18 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$579
Current price	$475	$781 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6800 has 696% better value for money than FirePro D500.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	3840
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1815 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2105 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	69.60	505.2
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	279 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	30−35 −467%	170 +467%
1440p	18−20 −467%	102 +467%
4K	10−12 −510%	61 +510%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27
−463%

135

+463%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −488%	90−95 +488%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −486%	205 +486%
Battlefield 5	30−33 −510%	180−190 +510%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −506%	100−110 +506%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −448%	115 +448%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −506%	100−110 +506%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −479%	130−140 +479%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −446%	190−200 +446%
Hitman 3	18−20 −522%	110−120 +522%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 −449%	439 +449%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −463%	130−140 +463%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −457%	110−120 +457%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 −453%	415 +453%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −448%	115 +448%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −488%	90−95 +488%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 −473%	172 +473%
Battlefield 5	30−33 −510%	180−190 +510%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −506%	100−110 +506%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −478%	104 +478%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −506%	100−110 +506%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −479%	130−140 +479%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −446%	190−200 +446%
Hitman 3	9−10 −489%	53 +489%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −503%	240−250 +503%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −464%	79 +464%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −457%	110−120 +457%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −468%	341 +468%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −438%	269 +438%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −481%	120−130 +481%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −488%	90−95 +488%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 −440%	162 +440%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −506%	100−110 +506%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −450%	99 +450%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −506%	100−110 +506%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −446%	190−200 +446%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −493%	237 +493%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −490%	295 +490%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −463%	152 +463%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −450%	88 +450%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24
−457%

110−120

+457%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 −490%	120−130 +490%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −450%	130−140 +450%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −500%	144 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −469%	90−95 +469%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −517%	74 +517%
Far Cry 5	30−33 −443%	163 +443%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −446%	130−140 +446%
Hitman 3	14−16 −486%	80−85 +486%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −520%	186 +520%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −475%	138 +475%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −514%	215 +514%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −439%	95−100 +439%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −500%	72 +500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−444%

95−100
+444%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −440%	50−55 +440%
Hitman 3	12−14 −483%	70 +483%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −486%	80−85 +486%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −508%	73 +508%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −450%	99 +450%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −450%	40−45 +450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −450%	99 +450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −486%	40−45 +486%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −467%	34 +467%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −443%	35−40 +443%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −456%	85−90 +456%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −522%	112 +522%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −450%	99 +450%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −463%	45 +463%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−470%

55−60
+470%

This is how FirePro D500 and RX 6800 compete in popular games:

RX 6800 is 467% faster in 1080p
RX 6800 is 467% faster in 1440p
RX 6800 is 510% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.73	57.68
Recency	18 January 2014	18 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	250 Watt