Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs FirePro W5000
Aggregated performance score
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire outperforms FirePro W5000 by 17% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 488 | 447 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 4.43 | 7.10 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Pitcairn | Blackcomb XT |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 August 2012 (11 years ago) | 6 January 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | no data |
| Current price | $141 (0.2x MSRP) | $170 |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
HD 6970M Crossfire has 60% better value for money than FirePro W5000.
Technical specs
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 | 768 | 1920 |
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 2x1700 Million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 39.60 | no data |
| Floating-point performance | 1,267 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 183 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Form factor | full height / half length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
Memory
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 | 2x2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
Video outputs and ports
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 | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | no data |
| DisplayPort count | 2 | no data |
| Dual-link DVI support | 1 | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | no data |
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:
| 900p | 80−85
−17.5%
| 94
+17.5%
|
| Full HD | 85−90
−20%
| 102
+20%
|
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 7.68 | 9.00 |
| Recency | 7 August 2012 | 6 January 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
The Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5000 in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro W5000 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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