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AMD FirePro W8000

The AMD FirePro W8000 is a workstation graphics card released on June 14, 2012, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 1,792 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 900 MHz and a 189 W board power rating. It scores 4,092 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0.

GCNTahiti PRO GL28 nmWorkstation

7/10 key specs recorded · 58 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

1,792cores

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

900 MHz base

Board power

189 W

Performance

The AMD FirePro W8000 scores 4,092 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 77.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #624), measured across 48 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 518.

PassMark G3D Mark

4,092

Rank #624
Faster than 77.7% of 2,658 GPUs
48 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 63 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 65.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 24 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 64% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 26 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 56% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 22 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 56.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,000 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 64.2% 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 W8000 averages DirectX 9 63 fps, DirectX 10 24 fps, DirectX 11 26 fps, DirectX 12 22 fps and GPU Compute 2,000 ops/s, across 48 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 3.2 TFLOPS stated by AMD

FP64 (double precision) 0.8 TFLOPS stated by AMD

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 3.2 TFLOPS and FP64 (double precision) 0.8 TFLOPS for the AMD FirePro W8000.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 900 MHz

Memory clock 1375 MHz

DirectX 11.1

OpenGL 4.2

Max TDP 189 W

First benchmarked 2013-02-24

Samples 48

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD FirePro W8000 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 900 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.2, first benchmarked on 2013-02-24. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Tahiti PRO GL

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W8000 is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Tahiti PRO GL graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.

Shader configuration

Shading units 1,792

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 112

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W8000 has 1,792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.

The AMD FirePro W8000 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD FirePro W8000.

Clock speeds

Base clock 900 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W8000 runs at a base clock of 900 MHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD FirePro W8000 is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The AMD FirePro W8000 has a board power rating of 189 W, a total board power of 189 W, power is supplied through 2x6-Pin, the card occupies 2-slot, it is 267 mm long, cooling is Active and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 189 W

Total board power 189 W

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors 2x6-Pin

Slot width 2-slot

Length 267 mm

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Active

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched June 14, 2012

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor PCIe Add-in Card

Segment Desktop

Series FirePro

The AMD FirePro W8000 was released on June 14, 2012.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 4,092

PassMark G2D 518

Rank #624

Samples 48

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD FirePro W8000 supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.0

OpenCL 2.0

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD FirePro W8000.

Features

The AMD FirePro W8000 has 3 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: ECC memory

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 W8000 supports AMD AI accelerators, Tensor cores and AMD CrossFire. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD FirePro W8000 supports ECC memory under Compute and AI.

Display features

Supported: 10-bit color output

The GPU can send 10-bit-per-channel color to compatible displays for smoother gradients.
Supported: Stereoscopic 3D

Support for stereoscopic 3D output to compatible displays.

Not listed (6)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD FirePro W8000 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 W8000 supports 10-bit color output and Stereoscopic 3D under Display features.

Media engine

Feex holds no codec support statement for the AMD FirePro W8000.

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 W8000 supports these codecs; that is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

Media engines recorded for the AMD FirePro W8000: AMD Unified Video Decoder and AMD Video Coding Engine.

Display outputs

The AMD FirePro W8000 offers outputs 4x DisplayPort 1.2 and DisplayPort 1.2.

Outputs 4x DisplayPort 1.2

DisplayPort 1.2

Naming and aliases

The AMD FirePro W8000 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD FirePro W8000 (FireGL V) and AMD FirePro W8000 (FireGL V) Graphics Adapter.

Other names (PassMark) AMD FirePro W8000 (FireGL V); AMD FirePro W8000 (FireGL V) Graphics Adapter

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD FirePro W8000 have?

The AMD FirePro W8000 has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the AMD FirePro W8000 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD FirePro W8000 has a board power rating of 189 W. Power connectors: 2x6-Pin.

How fast is the AMD FirePro W8000?

The AMD FirePro W8000 scores 4,092 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 77.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #624. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 22 fps.