AMD FirePro S7150 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Comparison

The AMD FirePro S7150 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 are separated by nearly a decade of GPU architecture. The data shows a decisive generational shift: the RTX 5060 wins both head-to-head benchmark comparisons by overwhelming margins. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5060 scores 112,787 against the FirePro’s 26,543, a 76.5% advantage. The Vulkan gap is similarly stark, with the RTX 5060 posting 113,321 versus 29,690, a 73.8% lead. These are not incremental improvements; they represent a complete overhaul in compute capability.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two available direct comparisons leave no ambiguity about the winner. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5060’s score of 112,787 dwarfs the FirePro S7150’s 26,543. The deltaPct of -76.5% indicates the FirePro trails by more than three-quarters of the RTX 5060’s output. This is a compute workload that stresses raw shader throughput, and the numbers reflect the massive architectural gulf between the two cards.

The Geekbench Vulkan result tells a similar story. The RTX 5060 reaches 113,321, while the FirePro S7150 manages 29,690. The -73.8% deltaPct shows a slightly narrower but still enormous gap. Vulkan is a modern low-level API; the FirePro’s support for version 1.2.170 simply cannot compete with the RTX 5060’s Vulkan 1.4 implementation. The FirePro’s highest single benchmark score, 29,690 in Vulkan, is less than a third of the RTX 5060’s lowest score among its major compute tests.

Context from the rivals list reinforces these findings. The FirePro S7150’s average benchmark score is 28,117, placing it just 0.3% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (28,020) and 0.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X (27,973). It is effectively a peer of those cards. The RTX 5060, with an average score of 26,331, sits in a different performance tier entirely, despite being 1.2% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT (26,011) and 0.8% behind the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary (26,553). The percentile rankings confirm this: the FirePro sits at the 73rd percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX 5060 is at the 72nd, a statistical tie in overall standing despite the head-to-head blowout.

Architecture Differences

The underlying silicon tells the story of two very different design philosophies. The FirePro S7150 uses the Tonga chip built on GCN 3.0 architecture, manufactured on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It packs 5,000 million transistors into a 366 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 13.7M per mm². The RTX 5060 uses the GB206 chip on Blackwell 2.0 architecture, also from TSMC but on a 5 nm node. It crams 21,900 million transistors into just 181 mm², achieving 121.0M per mm² — nearly nine times the density. This is the fundamental source of the performance gap.

Memory configurations differ sharply. The FirePro has 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 160.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 5060 also has 8 GB, but of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, and it achieves 448.0 GB/s. The RTX 5060’s narrower bus is more than compensated by the faster memory technology, giving it 2.8 times the bandwidth. Clock speeds reinforce this: the FirePro’s memory runs at 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective), while the RTX 5060’s memory runs at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective).

Compute resources are heavily skewed toward the RTX 5060. The FirePro has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The RTX 5060 has 3,840 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The RTX 5060 also adds 30 RT cores and 120 tensor cores, features entirely absent from the FirePro. Pixel fill rate is 29.44 GPixel/s for the FirePro versus 119.9 GPixel/s for the RTX 5060. Texture rate is 117.8 GTexel/s versus 299.6 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is 3.768 TFLOPS versus 19.18 TFLOPS. Even FP16, where the FirePro claims a 2:1 ratio to reach 7.537 TFLOPS, is dwarfed by the RTX 5060’s 19.18 TFLOPS at 1:1.

Process and feature support diverge as well. The FirePro uses PCIe 3.0 x16, while the RTX 5060 uses PCIe 5.0 x8. The FirePro has no display outputs, a server-oriented design; the RTX 5060 has 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. The FirePro supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.2.170; the RTX 5060 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4. Both cards support OpenGL 4.6. The FirePro is end-of-life, while the RTX 5060 is active.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 5060 wins every measurable category in the head-to-head data. Its OpenCL score is 4.2 times higher than the FirePro’s. Its Vulkan score is 3.8 times higher. In raw compute terms, the RTX 5060 offers 5.1 times the FP32 throughput, 2.5 times the memory bandwidth, and 4.1 times the pixel fill rate. The RTX 5060’s RT cores and tensor cores open up ray tracing and AI workloads that the FirePro cannot handle at all, since those hardware units simply do not exist on the older chip.

The FirePro’s only arguable advantages are structural rather than performance-based. It uses a 256-bit memory bus, which historically suits certain bandwidth-sensitive server workloads, but the GDDR7 on the RTX 5060 more than compensates. The FirePro is single-slot, while the RTX 5060 is dual-slot, which could matter in dense server chassis. Power consumption is similar: the FirePro is rated at 150 W, the RTX 5060 at 145 W. The FirePro suggests a 450 W PSU, while the RTX 5060 suggests only 300 W, indicating the newer card is more power-efficient relative to its output.

For gaming and general graphics, the RTX 5060 is the clear choice. Its Passmark DirectX 12 score of 77 and DirectX 11 score of 200, while modest in absolute terms, are paired with a G3D score of 20,891 and GPU compute score of 10,899. The FirePro has no comparable DirectX or Passmark scores in the data, but its GCN 3.0 architecture and 2016 release date suggest it was never designed for modern gaming workloads. The RTX 5060’s display outputs also make it usable in a desktop, whereas the FirePro’s lack of outputs requires a separate GPU for display.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 is the superior product in every benchmark category tested. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 112,787 versus 26,543 and Vulkan score of 113,321 versus 29,690 are not close. The RTX 5060’s architecture is fundamentally newer, denser, and faster, with 30 RT cores and 120 tensor cores providing capabilities the FirePro S7150 lacks entirely. The RTX 5060’s 19.18 TFLOPS FP32 and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth make it suitable for modern compute, gaming, and AI workloads. The FirePro S7150, with 3.768 TFLOPS and 160.0 GB/s, is a relic of the 28 nm era.

Who should pick the FirePro S7150? Essentially no one building new systems. It is end-of-life, has no display outputs, and its only historical strengths — single-slot form factor and 256-bit bus — do not compensate for a 76.5% deficit in OpenCL and a 73.8% deficit in Vulkan. It might still function in legacy server deployments that require its specific GCN 3.0 feature set, but the data shows it is outperformed by cards like the GTX 980 Ti, which it barely edges by 0.3% in average score.

Who should pick the RTX 5060? Anyone needing a current-generation GPU with modern API support, ray tracing hardware, and high compute throughput. Its 72nd percentile standing among all GPUs, combined with an active production status and a 5 nm process, make it a viable choice for gaming, content creation, and light AI work. The RTX 5060’s 1.2% lead over the RX 6750 XT and 0.8% lead over the RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary show it competes well within its own generation. The FirePro S7150, meanwhile, sits at the 73rd percentile, but that ranking is buoyed by a single strong Vulkan score that still falls far short of the RTX 5060’s baseline. Choose the RTX 5060 unless the specific requirement is an obsolete server accelerator with no display output.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the RTX 5060 than the FirePro S7150 in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The RTX 5060 scores 112,787 against the FirePro’s 26,543, a 76.5% advantage for the RTX 5060.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference between the two cards?

A: The FirePro S7150 has 160.0 GB/s on GDDR5, while the RTX 5060 has 448.0 GB/s on GDDR7.

Q: Does the FirePro S7150 support ray tracing?

A: No. The FirePro S7150 has no RT cores or tensor cores, while the RTX 5060 has 30 RT cores and 120 tensor cores.

Q: What are the process node and transistor counts for each GPU?

A: The FirePro S7150 uses a 28 nm process with 5,000 million transistors, while the RTX 5060 uses a 5 nm process with 21,900 million transistors.

Q: Which card has a higher FP32 compute throughput?

A: The RTX 5060 has 19.18 TFLOPS, compared to the FirePro S7150’s 3.768 TFLOPS.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each card relative to its nearest rivals?

A: The FirePro S7150 averages 28,117, which is 0.3% ahead of the GTX 980 Ti. The RTX 5060 averages 26,331, which is 1.2% behind the RX 6750 XT.