AMD FirePro D700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data splits these two GPUs along clear generational and architectural lines. The AMD FirePro D700, a 2014-era workstation part built on GCN 1.0, holds no recorded wins in the head-to-head comparison. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile, a 2025 Blackwell 2.0 laptop GPU, wins both available direct comparisons by massive margins.

Looking at the shared test suite, the RTX 5060 Mobile dominates in compute workloads. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA part scores 96,969 versus 23,716 for the FirePro D700, a delta of -75.5% from the perspective of the AMD card. That translates to the NVIDIA GPU delivering roughly 4.1 times the raw compute throughput. The gap narrows somewhat in Vulkan, where the RTX 5060 Mobile posts 96,451 against the FirePro D700's 27,968, a -71% difference. Still, the NVIDIA card is about 3.4 times faster in that API.

Where each GPU wins is therefore not a question of workload type, but of era. The FirePro D700 has no recorded victory in any direct comparison. Its only meaningful territory is legacy compatibility: it supports 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 and 1x SDI outputs, making it a niche choice for older multi-display workstation setups. The RTX 5060 Mobile, by contrast, is a modern mobile part with 26 RT cores and 104 tensor cores, giving it capabilities in ray tracing and AI acceleration that the FirePro D700 lacks entirely. The data shows no benchmark where the AMD card leads; its advantage is purely in interface breadth for dated professional environments.

For the user considering these two, the split is between a 2014 dual-slot PCIe 3.0 workstation card with 6 GB GDDR5 and a 2025 integrated mobile GPU with 8 GB GDDR7. The FirePro D700's 263.0 GB/s bandwidth and 384-bit bus are substantial for its time, but the RTX 5060 Mobile's 384.0 GB/s over a 128-bit bus achieves more with less, thanks to faster GDDR7 memory. The NVIDIA part also offers PCIe 5.0 x16 versus the FirePro's PCIe 3.0 x16, doubling the interface generation.

The Verdict

The data directs different buyers to different cards, but only one is a modern choice. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile is the default recommendation for anyone seeking current performance. Its OpenCL score of 96,969 is more than four times the FirePro D700's 23,716, and its Vulkan score of 96,451 similarly crushes the AMD's 27,968. It also carries 26 RT cores and 104 tensor cores, making it suitable for modern rendering and AI workloads. The 45 W TDP and IGP slot width indicate a laptop part, not a desktop card, so desktop builders must look elsewhere.

The AMD FirePro D700 is only defensible for legacy workstation use with specialized display requirements. Its 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 and 1 SDI output are features not present on the NVIDIA mobile part, which uses "Portable Device Dependent" displays. If a system requires SDI output or a 384-bit memory bus for specific older compute, the FirePro D700 remains functional. However, its 274 W TDP, dual-slot cooler, and 279 mm length make it a physically demanding card, and its 2014 release date places it at end-of-life status.

The percentile data offers context: the FirePro D700 sits at the 71st percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the RTX 5060 Mobile sits at 67th. The older AMD card has a higher percentile, which is misleading. The FirePro's average benchmark score is 25,842, while the RTX 5060 Mobile averages 22,435. That discrepancy arises because the FirePro D700 benefits from a narrower benchmark set (only two OpenCL and Vulkan tests), while the RTX 5060 Mobile is measured across nine tests, including DirectX 9 through 12 and Passmark compute, which pull its average down. The direct head-to-head tests favor NVIDIA decisively.

The verdict is straightforward: if you need a current GPU with compute features, the RTX 5060 Mobile wins without qualification. If you absolutely require SDI outputs or a 384-bit memory bus for legacy workstation work, the FirePro D700 is the only one of the two that offers those, but its performance is a fraction of the newer card in every measured API.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The direct comparison consists of two tests, both won by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile. The first is Geekbench OpenCL. The FirePro D700 posts 23,716, while the RTX 5060 Mobile reaches 96,969. That is a delta of -75.5% from the NVIDIA perspective, meaning the AMD card delivers only a quarter of the NVIDIA's compute score. In practical terms, any OpenCL workload, from rendering to physics, will complete roughly four times faster on the RTX 5060 Mobile.

The second test is Geekbench Vulkan. The FirePro D700 scores 27,968, a bit higher than its OpenCL result, indicating Vulkan is more efficient on the older GCN hardware. The RTX 5060 Mobile scores 96,451, slightly lower than its OpenCL result. The delta is -71%, so the AMD still trails by a factor of about 3.4. The NVIDIA card's Vulkan advantage is slightly smaller than its OpenCL advantage, but the gap remains massive.

The broader benchmark set for the RTX 5060 Mobile provides additional detail on its strengths. Its Passmark G3D score is 18,852, while its Passmark GPU Compute score is 7,607. DirectX 9 through 12 scores are 203, 168, 119, and 87 respectively. These show a decreasing trend, typical for newer GPUs with modern architectures that favor higher DX versions. The FirePro D700 has no Passmark data, so no direct comparison exists there.

The nearest rival data gives context for each card. The FirePro D700's closest rivals are the AMD FirePro W7100 (avg score 25,856, delta -0.1%), the AMD Radeon R9 M395X (25,891, -0.2%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile (25,740, +0.4%), and the AMD Radeon Pro W5700 (25,726, +0.5%). The FirePro D700's average score of 25,842 sits within 0.5% of all these, so it is essentially tied with a range of mid-range GPUs from the 2016-2020 era. That includes the RTX 3080 Ti Mobile, which is notable because that laptop GPU is far newer, but its average score is just 0.4% above the FirePro D700.

The RTX 5060 Mobile's nearest rivals show a different landscape. Its average score of 22,435 is -0.5% relative to the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (22,549), +1.2% versus the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (22,170), +1.3% versus the AMD Radeon RX 6700S (22,154), and -1.3% relative to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (22,729). This places the RTX 5060 Mobile in a tight cluster with desktop GPUs from the RX 5000 and 7000 series, plus its own predecessor, the RTX 4060 Mobile. The RTX 5060 Mobile is effectively a performance tie with the RTX 4060 Mobile in average score, though its newer architecture and higher TDP (45 W versus an unspecified RTX 4060 Mobile) may offer different characteristics in specific workloads.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD FirePro D700 has an average benchmark score of 25,842, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile averages 22,435. However, the FirePro D700's average includes only two tests, while the RTX 5060 Mobile includes nine.

Q: How does the FirePro D700 compare to the RTX 5060 Mobile in OpenCL?

A: The RTX 5060 Mobile scores 96,969 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the FirePro D700 scores 23,716. The NVIDIA card is 75.5% faster, representing roughly four times the compute throughput.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The FirePro D700 has 6 GB of GDDR5 on a 384-bit bus, yielding 263.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 5060 Mobile has 8 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, yielding 384.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 5060 Mobile achieves higher bandwidth with a narrower bus.

Q: Does the FirePro D700 support ray tracing?

A: No. The FirePro D700 has no RT cores. The RTX 5060 Mobile has 26 RT cores and 104 tensor cores, enabling ray tracing and AI acceleration.

Q: What are the physical differences in form factor?

A: The FirePro D700 is a dual-slot, 279 mm long card with a 274 W TDP and a suggested PSU of 600 W. The RTX 5060 Mobile is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with a 45 W TDP and no power connectors, designed for portable devices.

Q: Which has better Vulkan performance?

A: The RTX 5060 Mobile scores 96,451 in Geekbench Vulkan, versus 27,968 for the FirePro D700, a 71% difference. The NVIDIA card is roughly 3.4 times faster.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs are separated by eleven years and entirely different design philosophies. The AMD FirePro D700 uses the Tahiti chip on the GCN 1.0 architecture, built on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It contains 4,313 million transistors on a 352 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 12.3M per mm². The chip has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. Its compute is rated at 3.482 TFLOPS FP32, with no FP16 support listed, and its pixel rate is 27.20 GPixel/s, texture rate 108.8 GTexel/s. The memory is 6 GB of GDDR5 on a 384-bit bus, running at 1370 MHz or 5.5 Gbps effective, for 263.0 GB/s bandwidth. It supports DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2. It was released in 2014, is end-of-life, and uses PCIe 3.0 x16.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile uses the GB206 chip on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, built on a 5 nm process. It packs 21,900 million transistors on a 181 mm² die, giving a density of 121.0M per mm², about ten times higher than the FirePro D700. The chip has 3,328 shading units, 104 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, plus 26 RT cores and 104 tensor cores. Its FP32 compute is 9.684 TFLOPS, and it has FP16 at 9.684 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio. The pixel rate is 69.84 GPixel/s and texture rate is 151.3 GTexel/s, both around 2.5 to 3 times higher than the FirePro. Memory is 8 GB GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, running at 1500 MHz or 24 Gbps effective, for 384.0 GB/s bandwidth. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. It was released in 2025, is active production, and uses PCIe 5.0 x16.

The architectural differences explain the performance gap. The FirePro D700's GCN 1.0 design is a scalar architecture with no dedicated ray tracing or tensor units. The Blackwell 2.0 architecture on the RTX 5060 Mobile includes both, plus a 1:1 FP16 ratio, which matters for AI and compute workloads. The process node shrink from 28 nm to 5 nm enables the RTX 5060 Mobile to pack more transistors in half the die area, increasing density by a factor of nearly ten.

Power and size also differ starkly. The FirePro D700 is a 274 W dual-slot card measuring 279 mm, requiring a 600 W PSU, and uses 6x mini-DisplayPort and 1 SDI output. The RTX 5060 Mobile is a 45 W IGP with no power connectors, designed for laptops, and has "Portable Device Dependent" displays. The FirePro's 384-bit bus is double the width of the RTX 5060 Mobile's 128-bit, but the GDDR7's higher effective speed compensates, giving the newer card 46% more bandwidth.

The API support has also advanced. The FirePro D700's DirectX 12 (11_1) is limited to the older feature level, while the RTX 5060 Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) with ray tracing and mesh shaders. Vulkan support is also newer (1.4 versus 1.2). The RTX 5060 Mobile's FP16 support at 1:1 ratio is absent in the FirePro D700, which only has FP32.

The database's overall percentile ranks these differently: the FirePro D700 holds a 71st percentile, the RTX 5060 Mobile a 67th, but that is a function of the benchmark variety. The FirePro D700's two-tests average is high, while the RTX 5060 Mobile's nine-tests include older DX paths where it scores lower. In the only direct comparisons, the RTX 5060 Mobile is decisively ahead. Architecture changes won the race.