AMD FirePro W5100 vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M 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: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 1,428 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2978 vs 984
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11724 vs 5079
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4397 vs 1579
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 1813
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3178
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4397 vs 1579
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 1813
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3178
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 March 2014 vs 1 March 2013
Core clock speed 930 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 44.64 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2978 vs 984
Geekbench - OpenCL 11724 vs 5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4397 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4397 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3178

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 531
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 768 vs 531

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2978
984
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
531
768
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4397
1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4397
1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3178
Name AMD FirePro W5100 AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2978 984
PassMark - G2D Mark 531 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 11724 5079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 163.258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4397 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4397 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3178

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W5100 AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Bonaire Sun
Launch date 31 March 2014 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 627 628
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 930 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 384
Texture fill rate 44.64 GTexel / s 16.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,040 million
Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Half Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 171 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0