AMD FirePro W8100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8100 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v 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

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 824 MHz vs 450 MHz
9.2x more texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 2560 vs 320
14.6x better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
27.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7333 vs 266
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 727 vs 398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2014 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed	824 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7333 vs 266
PassMark - G2D Mark	727 vs 398

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

22x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 220 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 220 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8100
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7333

266

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

727

398

Name	AMD FirePro W8100	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
PassMark - G3D Mark	7333	266
PassMark - G2D Mark	727	398
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 Mobility Radeon HD 550v
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	M96
Launch date	23 June 2014	5 May 2010
Place in performance rating	395	396
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2560	320
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	514 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)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory		0