AMD FirePro W7100 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7100 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 W7100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 103.0 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • Around 23% better floating-point performance: 3,297 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5251 vs 4870
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 612
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.781 vs 63.87
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.086 vs 85.21
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 361.58 vs 315.412
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 August 2014 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate 103.0 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 3,297 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5251 vs 4870
PassMark - G2D Mark 661 vs 612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.781 vs 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.086 vs 85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 361.58 vs 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 400 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1314.72 vs 1248.285
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.354 vs 5.854
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8068 vs 6362
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8068 vs 6362
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 400 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1314.72 vs 1248.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.354 vs 5.854
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8068 vs 6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8068 vs 6362

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5251
4870
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
661
612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
65.781
63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1248.285
1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.854
6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.086
85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
361.58
315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6362
8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6362
8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3350
Name AMD FirePro W7100 AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G3D Mark 5251 4870
PassMark - G2D Mark 661 612
Geekbench - OpenCL 24837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.781 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1248.285 1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.854 6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.086 85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 361.58 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6362 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6362 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1772

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W7100 AMD Radeon R9 270X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tonga Curacao
Launch date 12 August 2014 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 451 453
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $399
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 920 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,297 gflops 2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1792 1280
Texture fill rate 103.0 GTexel / s 84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 400 Watt 180 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 2,800 million
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Stream Processors 1280

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)