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.

AMD FirePro W2100

ATI Radeon 9800 SE

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

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	1211	1208
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