AMD FirePro W5100
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260X
AMD FirePro W5100
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260X

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD FirePro W5100  vs  AMD Radeon R7 260X.

374
Place in performance rating
360
20.28
Value for money (0-100)
26.29
GCN 2.0
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Bonaire
Code name
Bonaire
Workstation
Type
Desktop
31 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$139
$299
Price now
$168 (1.2x MSRP)
no data
Design
reference
4.26
Value for money
5.21
Bonaire
GPU code name
Bonaire
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD FirePro W5100  vs  AMD Radeon R7 260X in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

768
Pipelines
896
930 MHz
Core clock speed
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no data
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
2,080 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
44.64
Texture fill rate
61.60
1,428 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,971 gflops
768
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
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Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
2,080 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
400 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon R7 260X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
171 mm
Length
170 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
full height / half length
Form factor
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD FirePro W5100 vs AMD Radeon R7 260X.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
104 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD FirePro W5100 vs AMD Radeon R7 260X.

4x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
no data
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
-
1
StereoOutput3D
no data
1
Dual-link DVI support
no data
1
HD сomponent video output
no data
4
DisplayPort count
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon R7 260X is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Shader Model
6.3
no data
OpenCL
2.0
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon R7 260X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FirePro W5100 or AMD Radeon R7 260X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon R7 260X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W5100
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro W5100

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 115 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260X

0.09% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($168 (1.2x MSRP) vs $299)

More pipelines (896 vs 768)

More memory bandwidth (104 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

So, AMD FirePro W5100 or AMD Radeon R7 260X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 260X .

AMD FirePro W5100 versus AMD Radeon R7 260X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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Passmark

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User rating

3.1 Out of 8 Hitesti Score
3.7 Out of 27 Hitesti Score