AMD FirePro M5100 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M5100 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M5100

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
4.8x more texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 120
5.2x better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2200 MHz
7.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2103 vs 283
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 371
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1701
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1701

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 October 2013 vs 28 June 2007
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 120
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 2200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2103 vs 283
PassMark - G2D Mark	800 vs 371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 1701

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 725 MHz

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 725 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M5100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2103

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

800

371

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3713

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

1701

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3713

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

1701

Name	AMD FirePro M5100	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2103	283
PassMark - G2D Mark	800	371
Geekbench - OpenCL	6773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	537.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	40.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.052
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	1701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	1701

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M5100	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Venus	RV630
Launch date	16 October 2013	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	651	654
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	120
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	390 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration