AMD FirePro W2100 vs ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W2100 and ATI Radeon 9800 SE 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 W2100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 90% higher core clock speed: 630 MHz vs 331 MHz
  • 10.3x more texture fill rate: 13.6 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 580 MHz
  • 36.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 869 vs 24
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 318 vs 131
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 August 2014 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed 630 MHz vs 331 MHz
Texture fill rate 13.6 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 869 vs 24
PassMark - G2D Mark 318 vs 131

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W2100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
869
24
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
318
131
Name AMD FirePro W2100 ATI Radeon 9800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark 869 24
PassMark - G2D Mark 318 131
Geekbench - OpenCL 3724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 289.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 50.338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1058

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W2100 ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Rage 8
Code name Oland R350
Launch date 12 August 2014 1 March 2003
Place in performance rating 1210 1207
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 680 MHz
Core clock speed 630 MHz 331 MHz
Floating-point performance 435.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 320
Texture fill rate 13.6 GTexel / s 1.324 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 400 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 117 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Low Profile / Half Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None Floppy

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 9.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 580 MHz
Memory type n / a DDR
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
Powerplay