AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD FirePro W2100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD FirePro W2100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 520

AMD FirePro W2100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 630 MHz
Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 680 MHz
1514.7x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Around 52% better floating-point performance: 660 GFLOPs vs 435.2 gflops
8x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 400 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 865 vs 856
7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 3750

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 12 August 2014
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 630 MHz
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs vs 435.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 400 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	865 vs 856
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 3750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3346

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W2100

Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 203
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1494 vs 1182
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1494 vs 1182
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2329 vs 1242
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2329 vs 1242

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1494 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1494 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2329 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2329 vs 1242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W2100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

865

856

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

314

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

3750

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

1494

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

1494

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

2329

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

2329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3346

Name	AMD Radeon 520	AMD FirePro W2100
PassMark - G3D Mark	865	856
PassMark - G2D Mark	203	314
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	3750
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182	1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182	1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242	2329
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242	2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		289.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		50.338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1058

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	AMD FirePro W2100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland	Oland
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	12 August 2014
Place in performance rating	1109	1185
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	680 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	630 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	435.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	320
Pixel fill rate	4.10 GP/s
Render output units	4
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s	13.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort count		2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Low Profile / Half Length
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	n / a
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Powerplay