AMD FirePro M6100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6100 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 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.

AMD FirePro M6100

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2246 vs 763
5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.059 vs 7.457
Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 750.731 vs 512.081
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4537 vs 1643
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4537 vs 1643

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 October 2013 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	1075 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2246 vs 763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.059 vs 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	750.731 vs 512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4537 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4537 vs 1643

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Around 4% higher pipelines: 800 vs 768
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 299
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3314 vs 1803
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2517
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3314 vs 1803
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2517

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	800 vs 768
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3314 vs 1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 2517
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3314 vs 1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 2517

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6100
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

763

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

299

403

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

39.059

7.457

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

750.731

512.081

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4537

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1803

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2517

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4537

1643

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1803

3314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2517

3356

Name	AMD FirePro M6100	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark	2246	763
PassMark - G2D Mark	299	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	52486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.059	7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	750.731	512.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	166.915
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4537	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1803	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2517	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4537	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1803	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2517	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M6100	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Saturn	Broadway
Launch date	16 October 2013	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	858	861
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1075 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	800
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s	20 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,040 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
HDMI 1.3a