FirePro W5000 DVI vs VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | no data | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Zoetrope | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 October 2006 (19 years ago) | 25 February 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $599 |
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 cores | no data | 768 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 825 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 200 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 39.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.267 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
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 | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 191 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / half length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 102.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 2x DVI |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2006 | 25 February 2013 |
W5000 DVI has an age advantage of 6 years.
We couldn't decide between VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II and FirePro W5000 DVI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II is a notebook graphics card while FirePro W5000 DVI is a workstation one.
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