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AMD FirePro V5900

The AMD FirePro V5900 is a workstation graphics card released on May 24, 2011, built on the TeraScale 3 architecture using a 40 nm process. It has 2 GB of video memory, 64.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 600 MHz and a 75 W board power rating. It scores 1,182 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.3 and OpenCL 1.2.

TeraScale 3Cayman LE GL40 nmWorkstation

6/10 key specs recorded · 26 facts

Depth: 33 recorded fields, 4 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

2 GB

Boost clock

n/a

600 MHz base

Board power

75 W

Performance

The AMD FirePro V5900 scores 1,182 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 57.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,300), measured across 153 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 343.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,182

Rank #1,300
Faster than 57.7% of 2,658 GPUs
153 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 38 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 52.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 7 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 42.3% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 12 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 36.5% of 1,430 GPUs

GPU Compute 432 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 23.1% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD FirePro V5900 averages DirectX 9 38 fps, DirectX 10 7 fps, DirectX 11 12 fps and GPU Compute 432 ops/s, across 153 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 2.1 x16

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 600 MHz

Memory clock 5002 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4

Max TDP 75 W

First benchmarked 2011-07-27

Samples 153

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD FirePro V5900 states the PCIe 2.1 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 600 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4, first benchmarked on 2011-07-27. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture TeraScale 3

Codename Cayman LE GL

Chip Not recorded

Process node 40 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The AMD FirePro V5900 is based on the TeraScale 3 architecture, uses the Cayman LE GL graphics processor and is manufactured on a 40 nm process.

Clock speeds

Base clock 600 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD FirePro V5900 runs at a base clock of 600 MHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth 64.0 GB/s

The AMD FirePro V5900 is equipped with 2 GB of memory and delivers 64.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD FirePro V5900 has a board power rating of 75 W and it connects over PCIe 2.1 x16.

Board power (TDP) 75 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.1 x16

Market

Launched May 24, 2011

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series FirePro

The AMD FirePro V5900 was released on May 24, 2011.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,182

PassMark G2D 343

Rank #1,300

Samples 153

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD FirePro V5900 supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.3 and OpenCL 1.2.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.3

OpenCL 1.2

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD FirePro V5900. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD FirePro V5900.

Naming and aliases

The AMD FirePro V5900 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD FirePro V5900 (ATI FireGL), AMD FirePro V5900 (FireGL V) Graphics Adapter and AMD FirePro V5900 (FireGL V).

Other names (PassMark) AMD FirePro V5900 (ATI FireGL); AMD FirePro V5900 (FireGL V) Graphics Adapter; AMD FirePro V5900 (FireGL V)