AMD FirePro W8100 vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8100 and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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 X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 824 MHz vs 500 MHz
22x more texture fill rate: 131.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
5.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 990 MHz
48.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6812 vs 141
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 755 vs 415

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 June 2014 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	824 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6812 vs 141
PassMark - G2D Mark	755 vs 415

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6812

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

755

415

Name	AMD FirePro W8100	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
PassMark - G3D Mark	6812	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	755	415
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 X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R500
Code name	Hawaii	R520
Launch date	23 June 2014	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	396	390
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	824 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2560
Texture fill rate	131.8 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	321 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 1.0 x16
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	31.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3