AMD FirePro W8100 videocard review

AMD FirePro W8100

FirePro W8100 videocard released by AMD; release date: 23 June 2014. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on GCN 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Hawaii.

Core clock speed - 824 MHz. Texture fill rate - 131.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2560. Floating-point performance - 4,219 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 6,200 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 220 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 512 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 320 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
7333
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
727
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
34705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
93.339 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
2333.922 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
8.816 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
112.450 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
440.107 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
5494 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3699 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
5494.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3699.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3349.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 7333
PassMark - G2D Mark 727
Geekbench - OpenCL 34705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 93.339 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 2333.922 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 8.816 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 112.450 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 440.107 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5494 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3699 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5494.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3699.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3349.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0
Code name Hawaii
Launch date 23 June 2014
Place in performance rating 395
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 824 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2560
Texture fill rate 131.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5