
Radeon R9 270X and FirePro W5000 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 270X vs FirePro W5000
Radeon R9 270X
5036
FirePro W5000
3066
Radeon R9 270X
FirePro W5000
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
Curacao XT
Pitcairn
Market segment
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
October 2013
August 2012
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCIe 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2 x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
825 MHz
Floating-point performance
2,688 gflops
1,267 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,800 million
2,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
768
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
84.00
39.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
+
-
DisplayPort count
-
2
Dual-link DVI support
-
1
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
+
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (11_1)
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
+
1.2.131
AppAcceleration
+
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-