AMD FirePro S7100X vs ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and ATI FirePro 2260 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro S7100X

ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 500 MHz
46.3x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
51.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 40
74x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 40 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 40
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677
PassMark - G2D Mark		431
PassMark - G3D Mark		113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		304

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Amethyst	RV620
Launch date	25 May 2016	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	796	794
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	40
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2