AMD FirePro W8100 vs ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8100 and ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View 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 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 37% higher core clock speed: 824 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 27.5x more texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • 32x more pipelines: 2560 vs 80
  • 43.9x better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 96 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
  • 4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 142.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7279 vs 51
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 717 vs 482
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 June 2014 vs 1 January 2009
Core clock speed 824 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 131.8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 80
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7279 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark 717 vs 482

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

  • 6.9x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 220 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt vs 220 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8100
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7279
51
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
717
482
Name AMD FirePro W8100 ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View
PassMark - G3D Mark 7279 51
PassMark - G2D Mark 717 482
Geekbench - OpenCL 34705
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 ATI FirePro 2450 Multi-View

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale
Code name Hawaii RV620
Launch date 23 June 2014 1 January 2009
Place in performance rating 385 319
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 824 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,219 gflops 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 2560 80
Texture fill rate 131.8 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt 32 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 181 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI 1x VHDCI
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 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3