PG506-232 vs FirePro W5100

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	582	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.06	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Bonaire	GA100
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	31 March 2014 (11 years ago)	12 April 2021 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	3584
Core clock speed	930 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1440 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	44.64	322.6
Floating-point processing power	1.428 TFLOPS	10.32 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	48	224
Tensor Cores	no data	224
L1 Cache	192 KB	10.5 MB
L2 Cache	256 KB	24 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	171 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	3072 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	933.1 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-
HD сomponent video output	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	N/A
Shader Model	6.3	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	8.0
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	31 March 2014	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	165 Watt

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