AMD FirePro W5100 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5100 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 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).

AMD FirePro W5100

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 800 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 768 vs 120
7.4x better floating-point performance: 1,428 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2200 MHz
10.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2981 vs 283
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 529 vs 371
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1701
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1701

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 March 2014 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 120
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2981 vs 283
PassMark - G2D Mark	529 vs 371
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 1701

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3695 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3695 vs 3688

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2981

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

529

371

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3688

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

1701

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3688

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

1701

Name	AMD FirePro W5100	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2981	283
PassMark - G2D Mark	529	371
Geekbench - OpenCL	11686
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	1701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	1701

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5100	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Bonaire	RV630
Launch date	31 March 2014	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	647	650
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	768	120
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Length	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4