FirePro W2100 vs W7100

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Aggregated performance score

FirePro W7100
2014
8192 MB GDDR5
14.96
+542%

W7100 outperforms W2100 by 542% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking328809
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money5.250.39
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2017)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameTongaMars
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 August 2014 (9 years old)2 October 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$466 $123

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W7100 has 1246% better value for money than FirePro W2100.

Technical specs

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 cores1792320
Core clock speed920 MHz680 MHz
Boost clock speedno data680 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate103.013.60
Floating-point performance3,297 gflops435.2 gflops

Size and 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 3.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthlow profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 DisplayPort2x DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D1no data
DisplayPort count42
Dual-link DVI support11
HD сomponent video output1no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAccelerationno data+

API support

List of supported graphics 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

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 W7100 14.96
+542%
FirePro W2100 2.33

W7100 outperforms W2100 by 542% based on our aggregated 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 W7100 5794
+542%
FirePro W2100 903

W7100 outperforms W2100 by 542% 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 W7100 24858
+569%
FirePro W2100 3715

W7100 outperforms W2100 by 569% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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 HD75−80
+525%
12
−525%
4K12−14
+500%
2
−500%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.96 2.33
Recency 12 August 2014 2 October 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 26 Watt

The FirePro W7100 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W2100 in performance tests.


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