AMD FirePro W8100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

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

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 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
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
  • 7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7279 vs 1009
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 717 vs 552
  • 3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34705 vs 8800
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 June 2014 vs 7 January 2013
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 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7279 vs 1009
PassMark - G2D Mark 717 vs 552
Geekbench - OpenCL 34705 vs 8800

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

  • 8.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 220 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 220 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7279
1009
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
717
552
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
34705
8800
Name AMD FirePro W8100 AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 7279 1009
PassMark - G2D Mark 717 552
Geekbench - OpenCL 34705 8800
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 XT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name Hawaii Thames
Launch date 23 June 2014 7 January 2013
Place in performance rating 386 387
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 25 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 716 million

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 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0