FirePro V5900 vs V7900

Place in performance ranking	552	701
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	2.23	1.15
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	Cayman	Cayman
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	24 May 2011 (12 years ago)	24 May 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$165	$89

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro V7900 has 94% better value for money than FirePro V5900.

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	1280	512
Core clock speed	725 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	58.00	19.20
Floating-point performance	1,856.0 gflops	614.4 gflops

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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	230 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	64 GB/s

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	4x DisplayPort	1x DVI
StereoOutput3D	1	no data
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro V7900 5.95
+82.5%

FirePro V5900 3.26

V7900 outperforms V5900 by 83% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro V7900 2304
+82.4%

FirePro V5900 1263

V7900 outperforms V5900 by 82% in Passmark.