AMD Radeon 550X Mobile vs AMD FirePro W2100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550X Mobile 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: 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 550X Mobile

AMD FirePro W2100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 630 MHz
Around 89% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 680 MHz
3785.3x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
8x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 400 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2322 vs 1494
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2322 vs 1494
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9692 vs 3710

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 12 August 2014
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 630 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 400 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322 vs 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322 vs 1494
Geekbench - OpenCL	9692 vs 3710

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W2100

263.8x better floating-point performance: 435.2 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2329 vs 1748
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2329 vs 1748
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 2522
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 2522

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	435.2 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2329 vs 1748
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2329 vs 1748
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 2522
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 2522

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W2100

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2322

1494

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2322

1494

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

2329

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

2329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

3346

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9692

3710

Name	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	AMD FirePro W2100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322	1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322	1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1748	2329
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1748	2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2522	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2522	3346
Geekbench - OpenCL	9692	3710
PassMark - G3D Mark		858
PassMark - G2D Mark		315
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 550X Mobile	AMD FirePro W2100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Lexa	Oland
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	12 August 2014
Place in performance rating	1199	1200
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	680 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	630 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	435.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	13.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		2
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Low Profile / Half Length
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	56 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	n / a
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Powerplay