FirePro D500 vs FirePro W7100

Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W7100 and FirePro D500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W7100
2014
8 GB GDDR5, 400 Watt
15.02
+38.6%

W7100 outperforms D500 by a substantial 39% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking351426
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.962.75
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameTongaTahiti
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 August 2014 (10 years ago)18 January 2014 (10 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 cores17921536
Core clock speed920 MHz725 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt274 Watt
Texture fill rate103.069.60
Floating-point processing power3.297 TFLOPS2.227 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs11296

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 3.0 x16
Length241 mm279 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1270 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s243.8 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 DisplayPort6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.02 10.84
Recency 12 August 2014 18 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 274 Watt

FirePro W7100 has a 38.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 months, and a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

FirePro D500, on the other hand, has 46% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W7100 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.


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