AMD FirePro W7100 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7100 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 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 W7100

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7100

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 920 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 12% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 2x 800
Around 47% better floating-point performance: 3,297 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5314 vs 1309
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 683 vs 565
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3323
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3323

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 August 2014 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed	920 MHz vs 700 MHz
Pipelines	1792 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	3,297 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5314 vs 1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	683 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3323

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

2.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 103.0 GTexel / s
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 286 Watt vs 400 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 103.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	286 Watt vs 400 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5314

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

683

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3323

Name	AMD FirePro W7100	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	5314	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	683	565
Geekbench - OpenCL	24858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1248.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	361.58
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7100	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tonga	R700
Launch date	12 August 2014	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	438	436
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Core clock speed	920 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,297 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	2x 800
Texture fill rate	103.0 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	956 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 / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5