AMD FirePro M6100 vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6100 and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2195 vs 1306
  • 11.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52486 vs 4679
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.059 vs 12.759
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 750.731 vs 465.631
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.395 vs 1.576
  • Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.283 vs 28.839
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 166.915 vs 80.418
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4537 vs 2181
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2517 vs 2014
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4537 vs 2181
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2517 vs 2014
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 October 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 1075 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2195 vs 1306
Geekbench - OpenCL 52486 vs 4679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.059 vs 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 750.731 vs 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.395 vs 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.283 vs 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 166.915 vs 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4537 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2517 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4537 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2517 vs 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 302
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2656 vs 1803
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2656 vs 1803
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 vs 302
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2656 vs 1803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2656 vs 1803

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2195
1306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
302
751
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
52486
4679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.059
12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
750.731
465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.395
1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
57.283
28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
166.915
80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4537
2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1803
2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2517
2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4537
2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1803
2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2517
2014
Name AMD FirePro M6100 AMD Radeon HD 8790M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2195 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark 302 751
Geekbench - OpenCL 52486 4679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.059 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 750.731 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.395 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.283 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 166.915 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4537 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1803 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2517 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4537 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1803 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2517 2014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 1607

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M6100 AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Saturn Mars
Launch date 16 October 2013 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 859 861
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 1075 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 384
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s 21.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,040 million
Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size large medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration