AMD FirePro W5100 vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5100 and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 W5100

• Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 115 Watt
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 521
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 838.518 vs 804.436
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4397 vs 3845
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 3485
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4397 vs 3845
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 3485

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

• Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
• Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
• Around 38% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3183 vs 2986
• Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 43.745 vs 35.15
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.673 vs 3.199
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.088 vs 57.354
• Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 221.539 vs 163.258

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2986 3183
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	543 521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.15 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	838.518 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.199 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	57.354 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	163.258 221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4397 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3688 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4397 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3688 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3358

Compare specifications (specs)