Radeon RX 5700 vs FirePro W5100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5100 with Radeon RX 5700, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W5100
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.80

RX 5700 outperforms FirePro W5100 by a whopping 381% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking489114
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.1279.99
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code nameBonaireNavi 10
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)7 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349
Current price$220 $116 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5700 has 2464% better value for money than FirePro W5100.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7682304
Core clock speed930 MHz1465 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate44.64248.4
Floating-point performance1,428 gflopsno data

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length171 mm268 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s448.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+
StereoOutput3D1no data
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data
HD сomponent video output1no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.

FirePro W5100 7.80
RX 5700 37.49
+381%

Radeon RX 5700 outperforms FirePro W5100 by 381% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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%

FirePro W5100 3014
RX 5700 14479
+380%

Radeon RX 5700 outperforms FirePro W5100 by 380% in Passmark.

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%

FirePro W5100 12158
RX 5700 68857
+466%

Radeon RX 5700 outperforms FirePro W5100 by 466% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

FirePro W5100 13834
RX 5700 62909
+355%

Radeon RX 5700 outperforms FirePro W5100 by 355% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD21−24
−438%
113
+438%
1440p12−14
−458%
67
+458%
4K8−9
−438%
43
+438%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 84
−376%
400−450
+376%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 77
−355%
350−400
+355%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 97
−364%
450−500
+364%
Battlefield 5 180
−372%
850−900
+372%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 102
−341%
450−500
+341%
Cyberpunk 2077 75
−367%
350−400
+367%
Far Cry 5 112
−346%
500−550
+346%
Far Cry New Dawn 99
−355%
450−500
+355%
Forza Horizon 4 132
−355%
600−650
+355%
Hitman 3 76
−361%
350−400
+361%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220
−377%
1050−1100
+377%
Metro Exodus 144
−351%
650−700
+351%
Red Dead Redemption 2 113
−342%
500−550
+342%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 214
−367%
1000−1050
+367%
Watch Dogs: Legion 108
−363%
500−550
+363%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 71
−323%
300−310
+323%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80
−338%
350−400
+338%
Battlefield 5 145
−348%
650−700
+348%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 92
−335%
400−450
+335%
Cyberpunk 2077 67
−348%
300−310
+348%
Far Cry 5 90
−344%
400−450
+344%
Far Cry New Dawn 90
−344%
400−450
+344%
Forza Horizon 4 276
−371%
1300−1350
+371%
Hitman 3 77
−355%
350−400
+355%
Horizon Zero Dawn 291
−364%
1350−1400
+364%
Metro Exodus 140
−364%
650−700
+364%
Red Dead Redemption 2 112
−346%
500−550
+346%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 175
−357%
800−850
+357%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 147
−376%
700−750
+376%
Watch Dogs: Legion 243
−373%
1150−1200
+373%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60
−367%
280−290
+367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 77
−355%
350−400
+355%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 68
−341%
300−310
+341%
Cyberpunk 2077 58
−366%
270−280
+366%
Far Cry 5 64
−369%
300−310
+369%
Forza Horizon 4 118
−366%
550−600
+366%
Horizon Zero Dawn 119
−362%
550−600
+362%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 155
−352%
700−750
+352%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 91
−340%
400−450
+340%
Watch Dogs: Legion 58
−366%
270−280
+366%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 102
−341%
450−500
+341%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 102
−341%
450−500
+341%
Far Cry New Dawn 104
−333%
450−500
+333%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 51
−371%
240−250
+371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
−372%
250−260
+372%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 74
−373%
350−400
+373%
Cyberpunk 2077 36
−372%
170−180
+372%
Far Cry 5 93
−330%
400−450
+330%
Forza Horizon 4 103
−337%
450−500
+337%
Hitman 3 55
−373%
260−270
+373%
Horizon Zero Dawn 93
−330%
400−450
+330%
Metro Exodus 94
−379%
450−500
+379%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 108
−363%
500−550
+363%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−363%
250−260
+363%
Watch Dogs: Legion 38
−374%
180−190
+374%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70
−329%
300−310
+329%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 53
−372%
250−260
+372%
Far Cry New Dawn 39
−362%
180−190
+362%
Hitman 3 39
−362%
180−190
+362%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−368%
220−230
+368%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 37
−359%
170−180
+359%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 48
−379%
230−240
+379%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
−352%
140−150
+352%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 31
−352%
140−150
+352%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 26
−362%
120−130
+362%
Cyberpunk 2077 15
−367%
70−75
+367%
Far Cry 5 26
−362%
120−130
+362%
Forza Horizon 4 70
−329%
300−310
+329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55
−373%
260−270
+373%
Metro Exodus 50
−380%
240−250
+380%
Watch Dogs: Legion 11
−355%
50−55
+355%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35
−357%
160−170
+357%

This is how FirePro W5100 and RX 5700 compete in popular games:

  • RX 5700 is 438% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5700 is 458% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5700 is 438% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.80 37.49
Recency 31 March 2014 7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 180 Watt

The Radeon RX 5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5100 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5700 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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