AMD FirePro W8000 And W9000 Review: GCN Goes Pro
AMD’s GCN architecture, known for its strong compute and 3D performance, is finally being made available in the company's FirePro workstation graphics card family. Can AMD catch Nvidia? We test the two fastest FirePro cards to answer that question.
AutoCAD 2013: 3D Performance
AMD FirePro W-Series And The Overall Performance Index
Cadalyst Systems Benchmark 2012 provides both task-specific metrics and an overall performance index. The performance index weighs performance on different tasks to try to get as close as possible to a real-world workload.
Both AMD FirePro W-series cards lose the task-specific benchmarks, but lead the overall 3D performance index, beating Nvidia’s offerings and the older AMD cards. Apparently, the company's drivers are mature enough to do well in these tasks.
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