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AMD FirePro W5000

Graphics Processor
Pitcairn
Cores
768
TMUs
48
ROPs
32
Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
I/O
I/O
Bottom
Bottom
PCB Front
PCB Front
PCB Back
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The FirePro W5000 was a high-end professional graphics card by AMD, launched on August 7th, 2012. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Pitcairn graphics processor, in its Pitcairn LE GL variant, the card supports DirectX 12. The Pitcairn graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 212 mm² and 2,800 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition, which uses the same GPU but has all 1280 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the FirePro W5000 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 768 shading units, 48 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the FirePro W5000, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 825 MHz, memory is running at 800 MHz (3.2 Gbps effective).
Being a single-slot card, the AMD FirePro W5000 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 75 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1.2. FirePro W5000 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 183 mm in length, 111 mm in width, and features a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 599 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Pitcairn
GPU Variant
Pitcairn LE GL
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
2,800 million
Density
13.2M / mm²
Die Size
212 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

Release Date
Aug 7th, 2012
Generation
FirePro GCN
(Wx000)
Predecessor
FirePro Terascale
Successor
Radeon Pro Polaris
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
599 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
3674%
GeForce RTX 4090
2802%
GeForce RTX 5080
2421%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
2162%
GeForce RTX 4080
2143%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
2142%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
2111%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
2017%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
1845%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1811%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
1809%
Radeon RX 9070
1807%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
1656%
GeForce RTX 5070
1639%
GeForce RTX 3090
1615%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
1594%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
1543%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
1519%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
1494%
GeForce RTX 4070
1474%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
1459%
GeForce RTX 3080
1436%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
1432%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
1381%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
1282%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
1274%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
1255%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
1217%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
1215%
Radeon RX 6800
1174%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
1165%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
1149%
GeForce RTX 3070
1136%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
1127%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
1122%
GeForce RTX 5060
1104%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
995%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
977%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
908%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
900%
GeForce RTX 4060
897%
Arc B580
896%
GeForce RTX 5050
873%
GeForce RTX 2080
866%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
847%
Radeon RX 7600
846%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
805%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
796%
Arc A770
795%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
767%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
756%
Radeon VII
754%
Arc A750
739%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
722%
GeForce RTX 2070
711%
Radeon RX 6600
679%
Arc A580
660%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
659%
Radeon RX Vega 64
631%
GeForce RTX 2060
611%
Radeon RX 5700
608%
GeForce GTX 1080
596%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
585%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
580%
Radeon RX Vega 56
551%
GeForce GTX 1070
531%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
503%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
502%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
476%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
473%
Radeon R9 FURY X
468%
GeForce GTX 1660
462%
Radeon RX 590
437%
Radeon R9 FURY
426%
GeForce GTX 980
420%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
416%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
411%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
408%
Radeon RX 580
404%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
394%
Radeon R9 390X
389%
GeForce GTX 690
384%
Radeon RX 480
381%
Radeon HD 7990
379%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
372%
GeForce GTX 970
362%
Radeon R9 290X
361%
Radeon R9 390
355%
Radeon RX 570
351%
Radeon R9 290
333%
Radeon RX 470
329%
GeForce GTX 1650
309%
Radeon RX 6400
303%
Arc A380
299%
GeForce GTX 780
299%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
270%
GeForce GTX 590
269%
Radeon R9 280X
266%
Radeon HD 6990
259%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
247%
GeForce GTX 680
241%
Radeon R9 380
239%
Radeon HD 7970
239%
GeForce GTX 770
238%
Radeon R9 285
237%
GeForce GTX 960
229%
GeForce GTX 670
223%
Radeon HD 5970
202%
GeForce GTX 1630
202%
Radeon HD 7950
198%
GeForce GTX 1050
198%
GeForce GTX 760
196%
GeForce GTX 580
196%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
195%
Radeon R9 270X
193%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
188%
GeForce GTX 950
187%
Radeon RX 560
176%
GeForce GTX 570
173%
GeForce GTX 660
172%
Radeon RX 460
172%
Radeon R7 370
172%
Radeon HD 6970
166%
GeForce GTX 480
158%
Radeon HD 7850
156%
GeForce GTX 295
153%
Radeon HD 6950
148%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
147%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
144%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
143%
Radeon HD 5870
139%
Radeon HD 6870
130%
GeForce GTX 470
126%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
120%
Radeon HD 5850
118%
GeForce GTX 285
110%
Radeon HD 6850
108%
GeForce GTX 280
101%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
101%
GeForce GTX 275
101%
FirePro W5000
100%
GeForce GT 1030
100%
GeForce GTX 460
98%
Radeon HD 4890
95%
Radeon HD 6790
93%
Radeon HD 5830
88%
GeForce GTX 650
84%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
83%
Radeon HD 4870
82%
GeForce GTX 260
81%
Radeon HD 5770
79%
Radeon HD 7750
79%
Radeon HD 5750
69%
GeForce GTS 450
67%
GeForce GTS 250
65%
Radeon HD 4850
63%
Radeon HD 4770
60%
Radeon HD 4830
56%
Radeon HD 6670
55%
GeForce 9800 GT
52%
GeForce GT 640
51%
Radeon HD 5670
47%
GeForce 9600 GT
44%
GeForce GT 240
39%
GeForce GT 440
38%
Radeon HD 4670
36%
Radeon HD 5570
33%
GeForce GT 430
33%
GeForce GT 220
25%
GeForce GT 520
20%
Radeon HD 6450
19%
Radeon HD 5450
16%
Radeon HD 4550
13%
GeForce 9400 GT
10%
GeForce 210
8%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
825 MHz
Memory Clock
800 MHz
3.2 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
768
TMUs
48
ROPs
32
Compute Units
12
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
26.40 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
39.60 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
1,267.2 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
79.20 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
183 mm
7.2 inches
Width
111 mm
4.4 inches
TDP
75 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
Outputs
1x DVI
2x DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
109-C41771-00A

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)

Pitcairn GPU Notes

Generation: Southern Islands
Desktop Variant: Curacao / Trinidad
Mobile Variant: Wimbledon / Neptune
Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx601)
Display Core Engine: 6.0
Unified Video Decoder: 4.0
Video Compression Engine: 1.0
CLRX: GCN 1.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows XP / 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 8.1:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Retail boards based on this design (2)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
825 MHz 800 MHz
825 MHz 800 MHz
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