Radeon Pro 580X vs FirePro W8000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W8000 with Radeon Pro 580X, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W8000
2012
4 GB GDDR5, 225 Watt
10.05

Pro 580X outperforms W8000 by an impressive 77% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking468328
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.19no data
Power efficiency3.409.02
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameTahitiPolaris 20
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date14 June 2012 (13 years ago)18 March 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores17922304
Core clock speed900 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate100.8172.8
Floating-point processing power3.226 TFLOPS5.53 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs112144

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1695 MHz
Memory bandwidth176 GB/s217.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

FirePro W8000 10.05
Pro 580X 17.80
+77.1%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

FirePro W8000 4259
Pro 580X 7540
+77%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

FirePro W8000 24518
Pro 580X 36029
+46.9%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.05 17.80
Recency 14 June 2012 18 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 150 Watt

Pro 580X has a 77.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W8000 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W8000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation one.

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