AMD FirePro W5100 vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5100 and ATI Radeon X550 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 X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 400 MHz
27.9x more texture fill rate: 44.64 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
12x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 500 MHz
58.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2986 vs 51
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 543 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 March 2014 vs 1 July 2005
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2986 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	543 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2986

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

266

Name	AMD FirePro W5100	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2986	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	543	266
Geekbench - OpenCL	12176
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5100	ATI Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Rage 9
Code name	Bonaire	RV370
Launch date	31 March 2014	1 July 2005
Place in performance rating	637	632
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	44.64 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR