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AMD FirePro W600

The AMD FirePro W600 is a workstation graphics card released on June 13, 2012, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 512 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 750 MHz and a 75 W board power rating. It scores 1,695 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0.

GCNCape Verde Pro GL28 nmWorkstation

7/10 key specs recorded · 59 facts

Depth: 48 recorded fields, 5 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

512cores

Memory

2 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

750 MHz base

Board power

75 W

Performance

The AMD FirePro W600 scores 1,695 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 63.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,102), measured across 47 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 575.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,695

Rank #1,102
Faster than 63.2% of 2,658 GPUs
47 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 34 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 49.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 39% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 11 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 34% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 8 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 29.2% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 753 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 38.9% 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 W600 averages DirectX 9 34 fps, DirectX 10 6 fps, DirectX 11 11 fps, DirectX 12 8 fps and GPU Compute 753 ops/s, across 47 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 0.77 TFLOPS stated by AMD

FP64 (double precision) 0.048 TFLOPS stated by AMD

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 0.77 TFLOPS and FP64 (double precision) 0.048 TFLOPS for the AMD FirePro W600.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 750 MHz

Memory clock 1000 MHz

DirectX 11.1

OpenGL 4.2

Max TDP 75 W

First benchmarked 2013-01-18

Samples 47

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD FirePro W600 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 750 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.2, first benchmarked on 2013-01-18. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Cape Verde Pro GL

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W600 is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Cape Verde Pro GL graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.

Shader configuration

Shading units 512

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 32

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W600 has 512 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The AMD FirePro W600 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD FirePro W600.

Clock speeds

Base clock 750 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W600 runs at a base clock of 750 MHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W600 is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The AMD FirePro W600 has a board power rating of 75 W, a total board power of 75 W, power is supplied through None, the card occupies 1-slot, it is 168 mm long, cooling is Active and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 75 W

Total board power 75 W

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors None

Slot width 1-slot

Length 168 mm

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Active

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched June 13, 2012

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor PCIe Add-in Card

Segment Desktop

Series FirePro

The AMD FirePro W600 was released on June 13, 2012.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,695

PassMark G2D 575

Rank #1,102

Samples 47

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD FirePro W600 supports DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0.

DirectX 12 (FL 11_1)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.0

OpenCL 2.0

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD FirePro W600.

Features

The AMD FirePro W600 has 1 supported feature recorded and 2 features explicitly listed as not supported outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Not supported (1)

Explicitly not supported: ECC memory

What it is: Error-correcting memory that detects and fixes memory bit errors, mainly valued in workstation and data-center use.

Not listed (3)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro W600 supports AMD AI accelerators, Tensor cores and AMD CrossFire. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

ECC memory is explicitly listed as not supported.

Display features

Supported: 10-bit color output

The GPU can send 10-bit-per-channel color to compatible displays for smoother gradients.

Not supported (1)

Explicitly not supported: Stereoscopic 3D

What it is: Support for stereoscopic 3D output to compatible displays.

Not listed (6)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro W600 supports HDMI 4K output, AMD FreeSync, VR ready, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD FirePro W600 supports 10-bit color output under Display features. Stereoscopic 3D is explicitly listed as not supported.

Media engine

Feex holds no codec support statement for the AMD FirePro W600.

AMD Unified Video Decoder SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-decoding block found on many GCN-era and earlier Radeon GPUs.

AMD Video Coding Engine SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-encoding block found on many GCN-era Radeon GPUs.

Not listed: H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro W600 supports these codecs; that is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

Media engines recorded for the AMD FirePro W600: AMD Unified Video Decoder and AMD Video Coding Engine.

Display outputs

The AMD FirePro W600 offers outputs 6x Mini-DisplayPort 1.2 and DisplayPort 1.2.

Outputs 6x Mini-DisplayPort 1.2

DisplayPort 1.2

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD FirePro W600 have?

The AMD FirePro W600 has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the AMD FirePro W600 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD FirePro W600 has a board power rating of 75 W. Power connectors: None.

How fast is the AMD FirePro W600?

The AMD FirePro W600 scores 1,695 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 63.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,102. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 8 fps.