Radeon R5 240 OEM vs FirePro W7100
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 395 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.03 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Tonga | Oland |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 August 2014 (11 years ago) | 1 November 2013 (11 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 | 1792 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 920 MHz | 730 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 780 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 103.0 | 18.72 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.297 TFLOPS | 0.599 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 112 | 24 |
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 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 241 mm | 168 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB/s | 14.4 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
| StereoOutput3D | + | - |
| DisplayPort count | 4 | no data |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
| HD сomponent video output | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 August 2014 | 1 November 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | 50 Watt |
FirePro W7100 has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
R5 240 OEM, on the other hand, has 700% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W7100 and Radeon R5 240 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro W7100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R5 240 OEM is a desktop one.
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