AMD FirePro W4100 videocard review

AMD FirePro W4100

FirePro W4100 videocard released by AMD; release date: 13 August 2014. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Cape Verde.

Core clock speed - 630 MHz. Texture fill rate - 20.16 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 512. Floating-point performance - 645.1 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38733
1527
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1306
477
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
352097
5471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
15.650 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
538.848 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.630 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
31.533 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
75.309 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1951 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3399 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1620 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1951.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3399.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1620.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1527
PassMark - G2D Mark 477
Geekbench - OpenCL 5471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 15.650 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 538.848 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.630 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 31.533 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 75.309 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1951 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3399 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1620 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1951.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3399.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1620.000 Fps

Games performance

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x76838.00
Medium, 1366x76819.00
High, 1920x108010.00
Ultra, 1920x10805.00
4K, 3840x21603.00

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76825.00
Medium, 1366x76817.00
High, 1920x10807.00

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72050.00
Medium, 1344x75633.00
High, 1920x108018.00
Ultra, 1920x108017.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Cape Verde
Launch date 13 August 2014
Place in performance rating 954
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 630 MHz
Floating-point performance 645.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 512
Texture fill rate 20.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Low Profile / Half Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 171 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
Powerplay