AMD FirePro W8100 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8100 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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 W8100

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 824 MHz vs 669 MHz
4x more pipelines: 2560 vs 2x 320
4.9x better floating-point performance: 4,219 gflops vs 2x 428.2 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 2x 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
8.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7279 vs 822
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 717 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2014 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	824 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	2560 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7279 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	717 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 131.8 GTexel / s
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 220 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 131.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 220 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7279

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

717

422

Name	AMD FirePro W8100	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	7279	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	717	422
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 Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	RV670
Launch date	23 June 2014	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	386	344
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2560	2x 320
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	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	279 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3