AMD FirePro W8100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8100 and AMD Radeon HD 7690M 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 W8100

AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 824 MHz vs 725 MHz
7.6x more texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 480
6.1x better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
7.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7279 vs 1003
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 717 vs 576
27.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34705 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2014 vs 25 December 2011
Core clock speed	824 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 480
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7279 vs 1003
PassMark - G2D Mark	717 vs 576
Geekbench - OpenCL	34705 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

11x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 220 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 220 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7279

1003

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

717

576

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

34705

1242

Name	AMD FirePro W8100	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	7279	1003
PassMark - G2D Mark	717	576
Geekbench - OpenCL	34705	1242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	93.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2333.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.816
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	112.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	440.107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W8100	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Hawaii	Thames
Launch date	23 June 2014	25 December 2011
Place in performance rating	386	389
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2560	480
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	716 million
Boost clock speed		725 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	No outputs
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	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory		0