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AMD FirePro W2100: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started FirePro W2100 sales 2 October 2015. This is a GCN architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 2 GB of DDR3 memory clocked at 1.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 28.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x8 interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 26 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 2.33% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about FirePro W2100: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | 805 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Value for money | 0.38 | |
Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | |
GPU code name | Mars | |
Market segment | Workstation | |
Release date | 2 October 2015 (8 years old) | |
Current price | $123 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
FirePro W2100's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of FirePro W2100's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 320 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 680 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Boost clock speed | 680 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
Number of transistors | 950 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 13.60 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Floating-point performance | 435.2 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of FirePro W2100 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |
Width | 1-slot | |
Form factor | low profile / half length | |
Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on FirePro W2100: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | DDR3 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on FirePro W2100. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 2x DisplayPort | |
DisplayPort count | 2 | |
Dual-link DVI support | 1 |
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by FirePro W2100. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
AppAcceleration | + |
API support
APIs supported by FirePro W2100, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_1) | |
Shader Model | 5.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 1.2 | |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of FirePro W2100. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
Unigine Heaven 3.0
This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good FirePro W2100 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
Full HD | 12 | |
4K | 2 |
Performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
Battlefield 5 | 4−5 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−12 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | |
Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
Hitman 3 | 4−5 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 3−4 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9 |
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
Battlefield 5 | 4−5 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−12 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | |
Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
Hitman 3 | 4−5 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 3−4 | |
Metro Exodus | 3−4 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
Battlefield 5 | 4−5 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | |
Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 |
1440p
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6 | |
Hitman 3 | 5−6 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
Metro Exodus | 0−1 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 |
4K
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
Hitman 3 | 2−3 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 6−7 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 |
4K
Ultra Preset
Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 |
Relative perfomance
Overall FirePro W2100 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to FirePro W2100 is GRID K220Q, which is faster by 1% and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to FirePro W2100:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with FirePro W2100 according to our statistics.